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ÆT

  • preposition
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Grammar
ÆT, prep.
Wright's OE grammar
§54; §211; §559; §645;
with the dative; cum dativo AT, to, before, next, with, in, for, against; apud, juxta, prope, ante, ad, in, contra
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  • Sittende æt tollsceamule

    sitting at the seat of custom,

    • Mt. Bos. 9, 9
      • .

  • Æt fruman worulde

    at the beginning of the world,

    • Exon. 47a; Th. 161, 7
      • ;
    • Gú. 955
      • .

  • Wæs seó treów lufu hát æt heortan

    the true love was hot at heart,

    • 15 b; Th. 34, 8
      • ;
    • Cri. 539
      • .

  • Ge ne cómon æt me

    ye came not to me,

    • Mt. Bos. 25, 43
      • .

  • Æt selde

    before the throne,

    • Cd. 228; Th. 306, 12
      • ;
    • Sat. 663
      • .

  • Ic áre æt him fínde

    I may find honour with them,

    • Exon. 67a; Th. 247, 19
      • ;
    • Jul. 81
      • .

  • Ic nú æt feáwum wordum secge

    I now say in few words,

    • Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 14
      • .

  • Is seó bót gelong eal æt ðé ánum

    the expiation is all ready with thee alone,

    • Exon. 10a; Th. 10, 16
      • ;
    • Cri. 153
      • .

  • Ne mihton hí áwiht æt me ǽftr gewyrcean

    they might not ever do anything against me,

    • Ps. Th. 128, 1
      • .

  • Ðe him æt blisse beornas habbaþ

    which men have for their merriment,

    • Exon. 108 b; Th. 414, 4
      • ;
    • Rä. 32, 15
      • .
because you approach a person or thing when you wish to take something away, as they say in Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, etc. Take this at me, i.e. from me, hence, — Of, from; a, ab, de
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  • Anýmaþ ðæt púnd æt hym

    tollite ab eo talentum,

    • Mt. Bos. 25, 28
      • .

  • Leorniaþ æt me

    learn by coming near me, learn at, of, or from me; discite a me,

    • Mt. Bos. 11, 29
      • .

  • Æt his sylfes múþe

    at or from his own mouth.

    • Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 40
      • .

  • Æt ðam wífe

    from the woman,

    • Cd. 33; Th. 44, 31
      • ;
    • Gen. 717
      • .

  • Ic gebád grynna æt Grendle

    I endured snares from Grendel,

    • Beo. Th. 1864
      • ;
    • B. 930
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 21, 18
      • .
the names of places are often put in the dat. pl. governed by æt, the preposition is then, as in Icelandic, not translated, and the noun is read as singular
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  • Ðe mon hǽt æt Hǽðum

    which they call Haddeby;

    quem vocant Hæthe,

    • Ors. i. 1, § 19; Bos. Eng. 47, note 57
      • .

  • In monasterio, quod situm est in civitate æt Baðum [MS. Bathun],

    • Kmbl. Cod. Dipl, cxciii; vol. i. 237, 1
      • .
very rarely used with the accusative; cum accusative To, unto, as far as; ad, usque ad
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  • Æt sǽ-streámas

    ad mare,

    • Ps. Th. 79, 11
      • .

  • Æt Ác-leá

    at Oakley,

    • Chr. 789; Ing. 79, 14
      • .
Similar entries
v. Ác-leá.
sometimes æt is separated from its case
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  • Ðonne wile Dryhten sylf dǽda gehýran æt ealra monna gehwám

    then will the Lord himself hear of the deeds from all sorts of men

    [ab omnium hominum quocunque],
    • Exon. 99 b; Th. 372, 15
      • ;
    • Seel. 93
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. at
:
O. Frs. et, it
:
O. H. Ger. az
:
Goth. at
:
O. Nrs. at
.]
Linked entries
v.  æt-eom æt-gebicgan æt-gebrengan æt- æt-swymman.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ÆT.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/873.

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