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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *aiþ, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz (“oath”).
Pronunciation
Noun
āþ m
- an oath
c. 7th century, Cædmon, Caedmon's metrical paraphrase of parts of the Holy Scriptures:he aþ swereþ þurh his selfes lif- he swears an oath on his own life.
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Descendants