gewitt
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gawiti. Cognate with Old Saxon giwitt and Old High German giwizzi. Equivalent to ġe- + witt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jeˈwitt/, [jeˈwit]
Noun
ġewitt n
- wits, senses, (right) mind
- a sense
- knowledge, understanding, consciousness
- the conscience
Usage notes
- In King Alfred's Early West Saxon, the word for a sense is ġewitt and the five senses are ġesihþ (“sight”), ġehīernes (“hearing”), stenċ (“smell”), swæcc (“taste”), and hrīning (“touch”). Ælfric, writing in Late West Saxon, gives the word for a sense as andġiet and the five senses as ġesihþ, hlyst, swæcc, stenċ, and hrepung.
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ġewitt | ġewitt |
| accusative | ġewitt | ġewitt |
| genitive | ġewittes | ġewitta |
| dative | ġewitte | ġewittum |