fæt

See also: faet, fät, and Fät

Old English

Alternative forms

fet — Mercian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fæt/

Noun

fæt n

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

ālfæt
bānfæt (“the body”)
drincfæt (“drinking vessel”)
eorþfæt
lēohtfæt
meolcfæt (“vessel for holding milk”)
stānfæt
sincfæt

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

a thin plate
golden ornament
- The Anglo-Saxon poems of Beowulf
  Sceal se hearda helm, hyrsted golde, fætum, befeallen
  the hard helmet, adorned with gold, with ornaments, shall be fallen off
- Beowulf: Autotypes of the Unique Cotton ms. Vitellius A XV in the British Museum
  To ðæs ðe he goldsele gumena wisse, fættum fáhne
  until he perceived the golden hall of men, variegated with ornaments,