agait

See also: agáit

English

Adverb

agait (comparative more agait, superlative most agait)

1. (rare, dialect) afoot, in progress, in motion.

Anagrams

• Taiga, agati, agita, taiga

Old French

Etymology

Deverbal of agaitier.

Noun

agait oblique singular, m (oblique plural agaiz or agaitz, nominative singular agaiz or agaitz, nominative plural agait)

1. surveillance; attention; watching
2. trap; ambush

Descendants

• French: aguet

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (agait)
• aguait on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Scots

Adverb

agait (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of agate

References

• “agait, adv.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.