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her thin fingers. Ib. 6, 75. They made a fire... but such a fire as they Upon the moment could contrive with such Materials as were cast up round the bay. Byron. Juan II, 132.
At. Im Sanskrit haben wir ſchon die Präpoſition ati; im Agſ. aet; altfries. et; goth. at; ahd. az; altn. at; ſchwed. àt; dän. at; lat. ad. Im Däniſchen und Schwediſchen gibt es neben dieſen Präpoſitionen noch die Conjunktionen at, wie ſchon im Altn. at Conjunktion und Präpoſition war. cf. Grimm 3, 164. Im Lettiſchen heißt at jetzt zurück. In den romaniſchen Sprachen iſt der Endkonſonant des lat. ad faſt überall abgefallen und wir finden nur noch im Ital. a und ad ſonſt ſpan. und port. à; provenz. a, az, franz. à und wall. a*). lei
Die Bedeutung von at iſt eine ſehr mannigfaltige und es tritt oft in die Gebiete anderer Präpoſitionen über; vornehmlich ſteht es für on, by, in; zuweilen für from und of. Es bezeichnet den Punkt, an welchem eine Bewegung oder Thätigkeit ſtattfindet, beginnt oder zu Ende gelangt, ohne daß die Lage dieſes Punktes näher angegeben wird. Es wird daher bei Raum und Zeitbeſtimmungen gebraucht und dient auch zur Angabe des Zweckes, Grundes, Maaßes und Preiſes.
1. Raumbeſtimmungen. My master alighted at an which he used to frequent. Swift. Gull. II, 2, 131. The wind being at south-east at six in the evening, I descried a small island. Ib. I, 7, 104. The master when Pigot was a school-boy was barred out at Lichfield. Johns. L. of E. p. I, 350. The two dignified person were followed by. their respective attendants, and at a more humble distance by their guide. Scott. Jvh. 4, 32. Cedric darted at the speaker one of those hasty and impatient glances. Ib. 34. At length they sent into his presence a little boy, wha, weeping bitterly, and kneeling at his feet, told him, Dick. A ch's H. of E. 10, 101. Prince Henry wearing crown before his own ambassador at the French court. Ib. 12, 130. For the Flemmings took fright at the siege of St. Omer. Ib. 18, 230. Such are the written placards wafered up in the gentlemen's dressingroom, or the green room at a private theatre. Dick. Sk. Sc. 13, 115. They receive no defiances at the hands of slaves, bondsmen. Scott. Ivh. 25. 346. It was regarded, both at the Hague and at Versailles, as a most significant circumstance. Mac. H. of E. 6, 236. Which implied that she moved at the very tip top and summit of it all. Dick. N. N. I. 6, 60.
2. Zeitbeſtimmungen. The ceremonies at my departure were too many to trouble the reader with at this time. Swift. Gull. I, 8, 103. William Fitz Robert died in the monaster)y of St. Omer, in France, at twenty-six years old. Dick. A ch's H. of E. 10, 102. At the next meeting of the House they ordered the declaration of the rebels to be burned by the hangman. Mac. H. of E. 5, 149. Which would become superfluous at the very moment at which it ceased to be null. Ib. 150. But at the expiration of that term... I must absolutely insist. Vic. of W. 17, 65. At intervals she would take a sly peep at the glass. Ib. 18, 82. Once a vassal-was despatched in haste to the abbey at dead of night. Dick. N. N. I, 6, 67.
3. Bei Angaben des Zweckes, Grundes, Maaßes und Preiſes. But he was at⸗ last in pain at my long absence. Swift. Gull. I, 8, 102. Lewis expressed great pleasure at the news. Mac. II. of E. 6, 247. Putting out at good interest a small capital of slate-pencil
*) Diez, Etymologiſches Wörterbuch 1, 1.