andgit

Old English

Alternative forms

• andġiet, onġit, andġyt

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑndˌjit/

Noun

andġit n

1. intelligence; wisdom
2. meaning; sense
3. sense; one of the five senses

Declension

Declension of andgit (strong a-stem)

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

Derived terms

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

References

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