andgit

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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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