Old English · noun

witt

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /witt/
[wit]
Syllables: witt (1 syllable)
Modern English: wit sanity sense understanding mind

Meaning

mind, understanding, sense, sanity

Declension

Declension of witt
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	witt	witt
Accusative	witt	witt
Genitive	wittes	witta
Dative	witte	wittum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate with Old Frisian wit, Old Saxon wit, Old High German wizzi (whence German Witz), Old Norse vit (whence Swedish vett). Compare witan.

Descendants

wit

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