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eaht

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Substitute: eaht, aht, æht, eht, es; m.
council, deliberation
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  • Þonne úðweotan æht besǽton (

    sat deliberating

    ), on sefan sóhton hú hié sunu Meotudes áhéngon,
      El. 473.
estimation, consideration
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  • Bið ðæt æðeleste híw onhworfen, ðonne se æht ðára gódra weorca ðe hé ǽr beeóde bið gewanod

    color optimus commutatur, cum quorundam, qui degere religiose credebantur, aestimatio anteacto minuitur,

      Past. 133, 23.

  • Hwæt is mannes sunu, þæt hit gemet wǽre, þæt þú him aht (áht?) wið ǽfre hæfdest

    quid est filius hominis, quoniam reputas eum?,

      Ps. Th. 143, 4.

  • Ne gewuna wyrsa(n) ǽngum eahta (gen. pl. cf. ænige þinga)

    don't make a companion of an inferior on any consideration,

      Fä. 24.
reckoning, valuation
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  • Micel ígland, ðǽr synt syx hund hýda æfter Angelcynnes æhte (

    juxta consuetudinem aestimationis Anglorum

    ),
      Bd. i. 25; Sch. 52, 2. v. æht, eht in Dict., and ymbeaht.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eaht.” 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/43243.

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