Old English
Pronunciation
Phrase
iċ nāt
- I don't know
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 9:12
Þā cwǣdon hīe tō him, "Hwǣr is hē?" Þā cwæþ hē, "Iċ nāt."- Then they said to him, "Where is he?" And he said, "I don't know."
- late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 4:9
Þā cwæþ Dryhten tō Caine, "Hwǣr is Abel þīn brōðor?" Þā andswarode hē and cwæþ, "Iċ nāt. Sæġst þū, sċolde iċ mīnne brōðor healdan?"- Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" And he answered and said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"