æht

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aihtiz. Cognate with Old High German ēht; related to āgan (“to own”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æːxt/

Noun

ǣht f

1. possession
2. property, livestock
3. power, possession

Declension

Declension of æht (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ǣht	ǣhte, ǣhta
accusative	ǣht, ǣhte	ǣhte, ǣhta
genitive	ǣhte	ǣhta
dative	ǣhte	ǣhtum

Derived terms

• cwicæht (“livestock”)

Descendants

• Middle English: aught, ought
  • English: aught, ought
  • Scots: aucht

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǽht”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǽht”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.