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oht

Pronunciation: /oːxt/

“oht” is an Old English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. chase or pursuit
  2. persecution
  3. fear, terror

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ą̄htu (“persecution, fate, destiny, fear”).

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