andgit

Old English edit

Alternative forms edit

andġiet, onġit, andġyt

Etymology edit

First attested around 1000 AD in "King Alfred's Old English version of Boethius De consolatione philosophiae".

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɑndˌjit/

Noun edit

andġit n

intelligence; wisdom
meaning; sense
sense; one of the five senses

Declension edit

Declension of andgit (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	andġit	andġitu
accusative	andġit	andġitu
genitive	andġites	andġita
dative	andġite	andġitum

Derived terms edit

andġitfullice (“intelligently”)
andġitol (“intelligent person”)

References edit

Old English vocabulary
Bright's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Approaches to the Old English Vocabulary for Mind by Soon-Ai Low

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