aucht
Middle English
Numeral
aucht
- (Northern) Alternative form of eighte
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑxt/, /ɔxt/
Etymology 1
From Old English ǣht, from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz.
Noun
aucht (plural auchts)
- possession, ownership
- property
Etymology 2
From Middle English aucht, aughte, northern form of eighte, from Old English ahte, eahte.
Numeral
aucht
- Alternative form of aicht (“eight”)
Etymology 3
From Middle English aght, northern form of eiȝtthe, eyghte, from Old English eahtoþa.
Adjective
aucht
- Alternative form of aicht (“eighth”)