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 wits, senses, (right) mind a sense knowledge, understanding, consciousness 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 ==== Strong a-stem: