gewitt

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġewit

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

1. wits, senses, (right) mind
2. a sense
3. knowledge, understanding, consciousness
4. 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

Declension of gewitt (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġewitt	ġewitt
accusative	ġewitt	ġewitt
genitive	ġewittes	ġewitta
dative	ġewitte	ġewittum