aitn.

Brit.

/eɪt/, U.S.

/eɪt/

Forms:

α. Old English igeað, Old English igeoð, Old English igeþ, Old English iggað, Old English iggeoð, Old English iggoð, Old English ioðe (dative singular, perhaps transmission error), Old English–early Middle English igeð, Old English–early Middle English igoð, late Old English igaþ, late Old English igað, late Old English igþ, early Middle English æit, early Middle English eigt, early Middle English eyth (in copy of Old English charter), early Middle English ygett- (inflected form), Middle English eit, Middle English eyte, Middle English 1600s–1700s eyt, 1500s hayte, 1600s eight, 1600s–1700s eyght, 1600s– ait, 1700s aight, 1700s–1800s ayte, 1800s aayte (English regional (Berkshire)).

β. English regional (Worcestershire) 1600s neite, 1700s–1800s neight, 1800s– naight, 1800s– nait.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English īeg, -eð.

Etymology: Probably originally < Old English īeg island (see island n.) + -eð, suffix forming diminutives (see -th suffix¹), with ending subsequently remodelled after the more common suffixes -oð (see -th suffix¹) and (later) -et suffix². Compare later eyot n.The presumed Anglian Old English form *ēgeð , *ēgoð is apparently not attested. With the development of the stem vowel compare hay n.¹ The β. forms show metanalysis (see N n.). Also attested in place names (very commonly of islets in the Thames), as Middileit , Oxfordshire (c1145; now Medley), Boreseyt , Surrey (1232; now Bos Ait), Dockeyte , Middlesex (1377; now Dog Ait), etc. With the β. forms compare lez Neytes, in the Avon, Worcestershire (1544; now Comberton Aits), and probably also (in transferred use) Neyte Hill, Worcestershire (1649; now Neight Hill).

= eyot n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [noun] > small

aiteOE

islec1290

inchc1425

isleta1552

isolet1613

insulet1622

motu1770

sand key1775

islot1790

oe1810

illaun1882

sand cay1934

the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [noun] > small > in river or lake

aiteOE

holm?c1050

mediamnesa1552

eyot1670

haft1686

osier isle1744

osier ait1766

knoll1772

twig-ait1867

eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 893 Hie flugon ofer Temese buton ælcum forda, þa up be Colne on anne iggað.

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) iv. 207 Þa asende he hine on wræcsið to anum igeoðe þe is paðmas geciged.

OE Bounds (Sawyer 255) in D. Hooke Pre-Conquest Charter-bounds Devon & Cornwall (1994) 86 Þonne andlang eaxan oð focgan igeðas. Of focgan igeðum on landsceare hricg.

a1200 (?OE) Writ of Edward the Confessor, Westminster (Sawyer 1142) in F. E. Harmer Anglo-Saxon Writs (1952) 362 On mædum & on eitum, on wæterum & on werum.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11912 Ferde to þan æite [c1300 Otho He wende to þan yllond] mid aðele his wepnen.

1445–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Feb. 1445 §21. m. 20 Quandam insulam vocatam le Eyte sive le Heyte.

1532 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 108 A certain parcel of meadow called a hayte, lying between the said meadow..on the east, and the Thames on the west.

1649 R. Hodges Plainest Direct. 2 The Ait where the Osiers grew.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 42 Some do also plant Oziers in their Eights like Quick-sets, thick, and neer the water.

1725 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. II. 70 Not far from Maidenhead Bridge, is a small Aight or Islet in the River.

1766 Award Inclos. Comm. Lenchwick & Norton The osier neights in the river Avon.

1772 D. Barrington in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 289 A man near Brentford says, that he hath caught them [sc. swallows] in this state in the eyt opposite to that town.

1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. iv. 140 The ayte opposite Mrs. Forty's excellent inn.

1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele 33 A semi-stagnant stream, dotted with little green aits.

1903 L. Colange New Cent. Encycl. & Dict. II. 894/1 Thousand Islands (The),..a group of aits, or small river-islands,..which lie bet[ween] the U[nited] States and Canada.

1999 ‘I. Radford’ Renegade Dragon xxvii. 237 He had to find shelter quickly. He headed for a series of aits hidden behind University Isle.

Compounds

† ait-land n. [compare island n.] Obsolete rare an island.

ΚΠ

c1175 ( West Saxon Gospels: John (Royal) i. 1 (rubric) Her onginð þæt godspell þe Iohannes se godspellere gewrat on pathmos þam eigtlande [c1200 Hatton eiglande].

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 561 Logice hatte þat eit-lond [c1300 Otho lond].

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10853 Sixti æit-londes [c1300 Otho eyllondes] beoð i þan watere longe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ait
释义	aitn. Brit. /eɪt/, U.S. /eɪt/ Forms: α. Old English igeað, Old English igeoð, Old English igeþ, Old English iggað, Old English iggeoð, Old English iggoð, Old English ioðe (dative singular, perhaps transmission error), Old English–early Middle English igeð, Old English–early Middle English igoð, late Old English igaþ, late Old English igað, late Old English igþ, early Middle English æit, early Middle English eigt, early Middle English eyth (in copy of Old English charter), early Middle English ygett- (inflected form), Middle English eit, Middle English eyte, Middle English 1600s–1700s eyt, 1500s hayte, 1600s eight, 1600s–1700s eyght, 1600s– ait, 1700s aight, 1700s–1800s ayte, 1800s aayte (English regional (Berkshire)). β. English regional (Worcestershire) 1600s neite, 1700s–1800s neight, 1800s– naight, 1800s– nait. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English īeg, -eð. Etymology: Probably originally < Old English īeg island (see island n.) + -eð, suffix forming diminutives (see -th suffix¹), with ending subsequently remodelled after the more common suffixes -oð (see -th suffix¹) and (later) -et suffix². Compare later eyot n.The presumed Anglian Old English form ēgeð , ēgoð is apparently not attested. With the development of the stem vowel compare hay n.¹ The β. forms show metanalysis (see N n.). Also attested in place names (very commonly of islets in the Thames), as Middileit , Oxfordshire (c1145; now Medley), Boreseyt , Surrey (1232; now Bos Ait), Dockeyte , Middlesex (1377; now Dog Ait), etc. With the β. forms compare lez Neytes, in the Avon, Worcestershire (1544; now Comberton Aits), and probably also (in transferred use) Neyte Hill, Worcestershire (1649; now Neight Hill). = eyot n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [noun] > small aiteOE islec1290 inchc1425 isleta1552 isolet1613 insulet1622 motu1770 sand key1775 islot1790 oe1810 illaun1882 sand cay1934 the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [noun] > small > in river or lake aiteOE holm?c1050 mediamnesa1552 eyot1670 haft1686 osier isle1744 osier ait1766 knoll1772 twig-ait1867 eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 893 Hie flugon ofer Temese buton ælcum forda, þa up be Colne on anne iggað. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) iv. 207 Þa asende he hine on wræcsið to anum igeoðe þe is paðmas geciged. OE Bounds (Sawyer 255) in D. Hooke Pre-Conquest Charter-bounds Devon & Cornwall (1994) 86 Þonne andlang eaxan oð focgan igeðas. Of focgan igeðum on landsceare hricg. a1200 (?OE) Writ of Edward the Confessor, Westminster (Sawyer 1142) in F. E. Harmer Anglo-Saxon Writs (1952) 362 On mædum & on eitum, on wæterum & on werum. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11912 Ferde to þan æite [c1300 Otho He wende to þan yllond] mid aðele his wepnen. 1445–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Feb. 1445 §21. m. 20 Quandam insulam vocatam le Eyte sive le Heyte. 1532 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 108 A certain parcel of meadow called a hayte, lying between the said meadow..on the east, and the Thames on the west. 1649 R. Hodges Plainest Direct. 2 The Ait where the Osiers grew. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 42 Some do also plant Oziers in their Eights like Quick-sets, thick, and neer the water. 1725 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. II. 70 Not far from Maidenhead Bridge, is a small Aight or Islet in the River. 1766 Award Inclos. Comm. Lenchwick & Norton The osier neights in the river Avon. 1772 D. Barrington in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 289 A man near Brentford says, that he hath caught them [sc. swallows] in this state in the eyt opposite to that town. 1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. iv. 140 The ayte opposite Mrs. Forty's excellent inn. 1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele 33 A semi-stagnant stream, dotted with little green aits. 1903 L. Colange New Cent. Encycl. & Dict. II. 894/1 Thousand Islands (The),..a group of aits, or small river-islands,..which lie bet[ween] the U[nited] States and Canada. 1999 ‘I. Radford’ Renegade Dragon xxvii. 237 He had to find shelter quickly. He headed for a series of aits hidden behind University Isle. Compounds † ait-land n. [compare island n.] Obsolete rare an island. ΚΠ c1175 ( West Saxon Gospels: John (Royal) i. 1 (rubric) Her onginð þæt godspell þe Iohannes se godspellere gewrat on pathmos þam eigtlande [c1200 Hatton eiglande]. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 561 Logice hatte þat eit-lond [c1300 Otho lond]. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10853 Sixti æit-londes [c1300 Otho eyllondes] beoð i þan watere longe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.eOE
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