inwit

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English inwit (“mind, reason, intellect, understanding; soul, spirit; feeling; the collection of inner faculties; one of five inner faculties; one of the outer bodily senses.; inward awareness of right or wrong, conscience”), from Old English *inwitt, inġewitnes (“consciousness, conscience, knowledge, knowing”), equivalent to in- +‎ wit. Compare Scots inwit, Saterland Frisian Gewieten, West Frisian gewisse, Dutch geweten, German Low German Geweten, German Gewissen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪnwɪt/ === Noun === inwit (uncountable) (archaic) Inward knowledge or understanding. (obsolete) Conscience; inward sense of morality. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === ynwitt, inwitt, inwytt, ynwytt, inwyt, inwytte, ine-wyt === Etymology === From Old English *inwitt; equivalent to in- +‎ witt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈinwit/, /ənˈwit/ === Noun === inwit (uncountable) reasoning, mental acuity, brainpower. attitude, impression, essence A mental process or power morality, moral code; judgement (rare) plan, intent, purpose. ==== Descendants ==== English: inwit (archaic) ==== References ==== “inwit, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018. == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *inwidją (“malice, wickedness”). Cognate with Old Saxon inwid (“fraud”), Old English inwid, Old Norse ívið (“deceit, evil”) (attested in compound íviðgjarn). Further root-related to Old Norse íviðja (“malicious female being(?)”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). === Noun === inwit n deceit, cunning, craftiness