æt

1. prep w.d., rarely a. (local) at, near, by, in, on, upon, with, before, next to, against, as far as, up to, into, toward; (temporal) at, at the time of, near, in, on, to, until; (causal) at, to, through; (source) of, from (because you wish to approach a person or thing when you wish to take something away) e.g. nimaþ hit æt him take it from him; (instrumental) by; (the names of places are often put in the dative plural governed by æt, the preposition is then, as in Icelandic, not translated, and the noun is read as singular) þe man hǽt æt Hǽðum that one calls Haddeby; \æt féawum wordum in few words; in respect to, as to; 2. adv at, to, near; \æt nehstan, \æt siðestan finally; 3. prefix in compound words = at, to, from