æt

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”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛˀd̥]

æt c (singular definite ætten, plural indefinite ætter)

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

• hæt (Suðuroy)

æt

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

æt

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

æt

1. second-person singular active imperative of æta

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

• IPA^(key): /æːt/

ǣt m

1. eating

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

From Proto-Germanic *at.

• et — Anglian
• at, ot

• IPA^(key): /æt/

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.

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

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

æt f

1. family, kin, bloodline

• Swedish: ätt