áht

Old English Dictionary Entry

áht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; n. AUGHT, Related words: á-wiht. aht

Definitions

1 áht

anything, something; aliquid, quidquam :-- Nó he ðǽr áht cwices lǽfan wolde he would leave not anything living there, Beo. Th. 4618; B. 2314: Ps. Th. 143, 4. Ðe áhtes wǽron who were of aught, of any account or value, Chr. 992; Th. 238, 35. Ðæt án man, ðe himsylf áht wǽre, mihte faran that a man, who himself was aught, might go, 1087; Th. 355, 17.

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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