fæt

See also: faet, fät, and Fät

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fæt/

Noun

fæt n

  1. container, vessel; especially a box, jar or cup
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative fæt fatu
accusative fæt fatu
genitive fætes fata
dative fæte fatum
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle English: fat, faat, vat, vaat, fet, vet
    • English: vat, fat
    • Scots: fat, vat, vautt
    • Yola: vaat, vaate

Etymology 2

Bosworth-Toller's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary has this entry but does not provide an etymology. This word is also found in compounds such as fætgold (in Bosworth-Toller) and fætedsinc (in Bosworth-Toller).

Altenglisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch has geschlagenes Metall, Goldschmuck ("beaten metal, golden ornament") as the definition for the word fǣt with a long æ instead. It etymologically associates this word with Old English fǣtan ("to forge, beat or work metal").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fæːt/

Noun

fǣt m

  1. a thin plate
  2. golden ornament
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