andgiet

== Old English == === Alternative forms === andġit, andġyt, onġit === Etymology === Derived from onġietan (“to understand or perceive”), earlier *andġetan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑndˌji͜yt/ === Noun === andġiet n understanding, intellect, cognizance Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church knowledge, cognizance, perception sense, meaning c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday" one of the five senses plan, purpose ==== Usage notes ==== In King Alfred's Early West Saxon, the word for a sense as in "a means of perception" 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 ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Related terms ====