uhta

Old English

Alternative forms

• ūht

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *unhtwǭ. Cognate with Old Saxon ūhta, Old High German ūhta, regional German Uchte (“midnight mass”), Old Norse ótta, Norwegian Bokmål otte, and as the enhanced form Dutch ochtend (“morning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːx.tɑ/

Noun

ūhta m

1. the last part of the night, before dawn
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Oft iċ sceolde āna · ūhtna ġehwylċe
     mīne ċeare cwīþan. · Nis nū cwicra nān…

     Oft I had to bemoan my sorrow alone at every dawn. There is no one alive…

2. the time or service of nocturns

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	ūhta	ūhtan
accusative	ūhtan	ūhtan
genitive	ūhtan	ūhtena
dative	ūhtan	ūhtum

Derived terms

• ūhtcaru
• ūhtsang

Descendants

• Middle English: oughten, ohtoun, ouȝten, ughten, uȝten, uhhtenn (Ormulum) (from the inflected form ūhtan)