æt

æt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "at", Appendix:Variations of "et", and Appendix:Variations of "aet"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ætt, átt (“family, race, direction”), from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz (“possession, property”), cognate with Old English ǣht, Old High German ēht, and Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (aihts). Derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *aiganą (“to possess”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛˀd̥]

Noun

æt c (singular definite ætten, plural indefinite ætter)

1. (dated) family, descent
2. (dated) class (group of persons with similar ethnic or social characteristics)

Inflection

Declension of æt

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	æt	ætten	ætter	ætterne
genitive	æts	ættens	ætters	ætternes

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Faroese

Alternative forms

• hæt (Suðuroy)

Verb

æt

1. first/second/third-person singular past of eita

Conjugation

Conjugation of eita (irregular)
infinitive	eita
supine	(h)itið
participle	eitandi	(h)itin
	present	past
first singular	eiti	(h)æt
second singular	eitur	(h)æt/(h)ætst
third singular	eitur	(h)æt
plural	eita	(h)itu
	imperative
singular	eit!
plural	eitið!

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Icelandic

Adjective

æt

1. feminine singular indefinite nominative of ætur (“edible”)
2. neuter plural indefinite nominative/accusative of ætur (“edible”)

Verb

æt

1. second-person singular active imperative of æta

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Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *āt, from Proto-Germanic *ētą. Related to etan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æːt/

Noun

ǣt m

1. eating

Descendants

• Middle English: ete, ate, æte
  • English: eat
  • Scots: ait

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *at.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æt/

Preposition

æt

1. (+dative) at a certain place

   æt hām

   at home (with irregular apocope of dative -e)

2. (+dative) at a certain time

   æt fruman

   in the beginning, at first

   æt þām ȳtemestan dæġe

   at the last day

3. (+accusative, rarely) to, up to, as far as
4. (+dative) from

   Hwā is wīs? Sē þe leornaþ æt ǣlcum menn.

   Who is wise? He who learns from everyone.

   • 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"

     Māre selþ se þearfa þām rīċan þonne hē æt him nime.

     The poor give more to the rich than they take from them.

   • 9th century, The Blickling Homilies, "Ascension Thursday"

     Hīe ġehīerdon his lāre and his word æt his selfes mūðe.

     They heard his teachings and his words from his own mouth.

Descendants

• Middle English: at, et, ed
  • English: at
  • Scots: at
  • Yola: adh, ad

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ætt, from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz.

Noun

æt f

1. family, kin, bloodline

Declension

Declension of æt (i-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	æt	ættin	ætti(r), -e(r)	ættina(r), -ena(r)
accusative	æt	ættina, -ena	ætti(r), -e(r)	ættina(r), -ena(r)
dative	æt	ættinni, -inne	ættum, -om	ættumin, -omen
genitive	ætta(r)	ættinna(r)	ætta	ættanna

Descendants

• Swedish: ätt