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á-wiht

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Wright's OE grammar
§133; §471; §557;
Add:, ó-wiht, óht.
substantive
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  • Him þǽr ówiht ne derede,

      Dan. 274.
with governed gen.
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  • Ne sceþþeð þé wólberendes áwiht,

      Lch. i. 326, 19.

  • Ne mæg ðæs unrihtes beón áwiht bedígled,

      Bl. H. 111, 1.

  • Ǽr þon óht þisses ǽfre gewurde,

      Cri. 238.

  • Unc ne gedǽlde nemne deáð ána ówiht elles,

      Kl. 23.

  • Náge hió his ierfes ówiht (áwuht,v. l.),

      Ll. Th. i. 66, 19.

  • Gif hé ǽfre þæs organes ówiht cúðe,

      Sal. 33.

  • Heó ówiht swylces ne hýrdon,

      El. 571.

  • Ymbe ówiht elles,

      Seef. 46.

  • Ǽniges teónan óht ongitan,

      Gr. D. 35, 27.

  • Óht (áht, ǽnig þing, v. ll.) wundorlices wyrcan,

      45, 5.
predicate subst. or adj.
any good, good for anything :--
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  • Deófol mót ǽlces mannes áfandigan, hwæðer hé áht sý oððe náht,

      Hml. Th. i. 268, 12.

  • Hwæðer heora geþanc áht sý,

      Wlfst, 11, 13.

  • Þá þe áhte syndon, hí sculon beón ofslagene,

      295, 14.
oblique cases used adverbially
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  • Nis þæt ówihtes gód

    it is no good,

      Dan. 429.

  • Átes-hwón (v. nátes-hwón)

    ullatenus,

      Angl. xiii. 434, 987.

  • Áreccan fier ówihte

    to recount any further,

      Cri. 248.

  • Leng ówihte,

      343: An. 801.

  • Láðra ówihte,

      B. 2432.

  • Gif man þæt fýr sceal tó áhte ácwæncan

    if the fire is to be effectually extinguished,

      Wlfst. 157, 9.

  • Ealle þá ðe Crýst áwyht cúðon,

      Hml. A. 188, 208.

  • Heó nán land hæfde þe him áht tó gebyrede

    that in any way belonged to him,

      Cht. Th. 337, 23.

  • Wé sculon óðrum mannum áht fremian

    we shall somewhat benefit other men,

      Ll. Th. ii. 332, 3.

  • Ne mid segle ne mid rówette ówiht (quicquam) fremian,

    • Bd. 5, 1
      • ;
    • Sch. 551, 16.

  • Náhwǽr næs nǽnigu sméþnes ꝥ man mihte áht tó þan lytelne wyrttún gewyrcan

    ad quemlibet parvum hortum excolendum nulla patebat planities,

      Gr. D. 49, 4.
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v. ná-wiht, and áht, á-wuht in Dict.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-wiht.” 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/39330.

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