awiht

• ōwiht

From Proto-West Germanic *aiwwiht. Equivalent to ā +‎ wiht.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːˌwixt/, [ˈɑːˌwiçt]

āwiht n

1. anything, something
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History:

     “Mīn fæder, mōt iċ þē āwihtes āscian?” Cwæþ hē, “Āsca þæs þe þū wille.”

     “My father, can I ask you something?”
     He said, “Ask whatever you want.”

āwiht

1. at all

• nāwiht

• Middle English: ought, ouȝt, eawiht, aht, aught, auht, aut
  • English: ought, aught, owt
  • Scots: owt
  • Yola: aught, aaght