"inwit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪnwɪt/
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|inwit|t=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}} 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”), {{inh|en|ang|*inwitt}} Old English *inwitt, {{m|ang|inġewitnes||consciousness, conscience, knowledge, knowing}} inġewitnes (“consciousness, conscience, knowledge, knowing”), {{prefix|en|in|wit}} in- + wit, {{cog|sco|inwit}} Scots inwit, {{cog|stq|Gewieten}} Saterland Frisian Gewieten, {{cog|fy|gewisse}} West Frisian gewisse, {{cog|nl|geweten}} Dutch geweten, {{cog|nds-de|Geweten}} German Low German Geweten, {{cog|de|Gewissen}} German Gewissen Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} inwit (uncountable)
  1. (archaic) Inward knowledge or understanding. Tags: archaic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-inwit-en-noun-xmbgXlEv Categories (other): English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 71 29
  2. (obsolete) Conscience; inward sense of morality. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-inwit-en-noun-F8IH9-2I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: angel's inwit

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