fætt

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fætt

1. inflection of fæddur:
   1. neuter singular nominative strong positive degree
   2. neuter singular accusative strong positive degree

From Proto-West Germanic *faitid.

• IPA^(key): /fæːtt/, [fæːt]
• Rhymes: -ǣtt

fǣtt (comparative fǣttra, superlative fǣttest)

1. fat
   • Exeter Book, riddle 40

     Māra iċ eom ond fǣttra • þonne āmæsted swīn
     bearg bellende, • þe on bōcwuda,
     won wrōtende • wynnum lifde
     

     I am greater and fatter than the fattened up swine,
     a bellowing barrow, that in a beechwood
     lived rooting with joy.

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Him becōmon ēac swā miċele welan tō handa, þæt his bīġleofa wæs ælċe dæġ mid his hīrede þrittiġ mittan clǣnes melowes, and sixtiġ mittan ōðres melowes, twelf fǣtte oxan, and twēntiġ feldoxan, hundtēontiġ weðera, buton huntoðe and fugoloðe and ġemæstra fugela.

     And so much wealth came into his hands that every day he and his household consumed thirty mittas of clean meal, sixty mittas of other meal, twelve fat oxen, twenty field-oxen, and one hundred wethers, not counting the sustenance from hunting, fowling, or fattened birds.

2. fattened

• ġemæsted (“fattened”)

• mæġer (“skinny”)

• fǣtnes (“fatness”)
• oferfǣtt (“obese”)

• Middle English: fat, faat, fet, feet, vat, vet
  • English: fat
    • Sranan Tongo: fatu
  • Scots: fat

• rysel (“fat”) (noun)