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ǽht, In Ll. Th. i. 6, 3 the weak form, ealle ða ǽhtan, occurs, and a form not feminine, mínes ágenes ǽhtes,
    194, 16.
Wright's OE grammar
§134; §390;
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what is owned, a possession
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  • Ǽht res, heánra manna (man, Wrt.) vel ceorla (-ic, Wrt.) ǽhta

    peculium,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 57, 59.

  • Ǽhta

    gadzarum,

      An. Ox. 3155.

  • Gif ceorl deóflum gelde, hé sié ealra his ǽhta (MS. ǽhtan) scyldig,

      Ll. Th. i. 40, 5, 6.

  • Selle hé his wǽpn and his ǽhta his freóndum tó gehealdenne, 60, 8. I a. of landed property :-- Ðæt seó ǽht (

    hereditas

    ) úre sý,
      Lk. 20, 14.

  • Náht elles hire ne sealde búton .vi. yntsan ánre ǽhte (

    possesiunculae

    ),
      Gr. D. 222, 26.

  • Hí genámon of ðæs biscopes ǽhte (

    v. l. lande) twégen cnihtas; seó ǽht (ðæt land, v. l. )

    wæs undecþeódod ðǽre foresǽdan ceastre,
      80, 7.

  • Gyf ðú ðás wyrte on ðínre ǽhte hafast oððe hyre sǽd on ðín hús áhéhst,

      Lch. i. 308, 12.

  • Ðæt ðæt yrfe on his ǽhte geboren wǽre,

      Ll. Th. i. 204, 14.

  • Ic hit ágnian wille tó ágenre ǽhte,

      184, 5. I b. of
    f
  • Fóe tó londe and tó ælre ǽhte, i. 234, 29.

  • Hwílum be áre, hwílum be ǽhte,

      Ll. Th. i. 328, 12.

  • Mínra yldrena ðe mé mín ár of com and míne ǽhta,

      Cht. Th. 529, 1.

  • Fón ðá néhstan frýnd tó ðam lande and tó ðám ǽhtan,

      Ll. Th. i. 416, 10: 420, 10.

  • Of lande mid heora ǽhtum gewíten, i. 38, 2. I c. of cattle :-- Gif heora menn sleán úre ǽhta, Ll. Th. i. 288, 10. I d. of slaves. Cf. ǽht-boren :-- Gif hwylc man his ǽht (

    servum

    ) ofslyhð,
      Ll. Th. ii. 182, 29: 268, 9.
possession
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  • Hilde gebohte týn hída landes hire on ǽhte,

      Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 2.

  • Gif ðú wéne ðæt hit ðín bócland sý, ðæt ðú on eardast, and on ágene ǽht geseald,

      Wlfst. 260, 3.
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v. fær-, on- (?), weorold-ǽht.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ǽht.” 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/37751.

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