See fitt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "fit"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "fit"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"word": "fitt"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "fit"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "fit"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"word": "fit"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*fittju"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fittju",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*fitjō",
"t": "foot, seam"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fitjō (“foot, seam”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*pedio-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pedio-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "*fittea"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon *fittea",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "vittea"
},
"expansion": "Latin vittea",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *fittju, from Proto-Germanic *fitjō (“foot, seam”) and *fitī (“section, segment, chapter”), both from Proto-Indo-European *pedio-. Cognate with Old Saxon *fittea, attested in the borrowed Latin vittea.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "fitt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fitta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fitte",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fitte",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fitta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fitte",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fitte",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fitta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fitte",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fittum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fit",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "fitt f",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fitt"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fitt",
"2": "fitta,fitte",
"3": "fitte",
"4": "fitta,fitte",
"5": "fitte",
"6": "fitta",
"7": "fitte",
"8": "fittum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong ō-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
6,
11
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
26,
32
]
],
"english": "Now, I wish again to tell a song about fishkind by words of speech-craft through mind-thoughts about the great whale.",
"ref": "10th century, The Whale:",
"text": "Nū iċ fitte ġēn ymb fisca cynn wille wōðcræfte wordum cȳþan þurh mōdġemynd bī þām miclan hwale.",
"translation": "Now, I wish again to tell a song about fishkind by words of speech-craft through mind-thoughts about the great whale.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"poem, song"
],
"id": "en-fitt-ang-noun-ORVlF36-",
"links": [
[
"poem",
"poem"
],
[
"song",
"song"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "46 0 9 45",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"conflict"
],
"id": "en-fitt-ang-noun--p4dIiBa",
"links": [
[
"conflict",
"conflict"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fitt/"
},
{
"ipa": "[fit]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-itt"
}
],
"word": "fitt"
}
{
"categories": [
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English feminine nouns",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English nouns",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English ō-stem nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Old English/itt",
"Rhymes:Old English/itt/1 syllable"
],
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "fit"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "fit"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"word": "fitt"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "fit"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "fit"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"word": "fit"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*fittju"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fittju",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*fitjō",
"t": "foot, seam"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fitjō (“foot, seam”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*pedio-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pedio-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "*fittea"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon *fittea",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "vittea"
},
"expansion": "Latin vittea",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *fittju, from Proto-Germanic *fitjō (“foot, seam”) and *fitī (“section, segment, chapter”), both from Proto-Indo-European *pedio-. Cognate with Old Saxon *fittea, attested in the borrowed Latin vittea.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "fitt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fitta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fitte",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fitte",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fitta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fitte",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fitte",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fitta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fitte",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fittum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fit",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "fitt f",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fitt"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fitt",
"2": "fitta,fitte",
"3": "fitte",
"4": "fitta,fitte",
"5": "fitte",
"6": "fitta",
"7": "fitte",
"8": "fittum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong ō-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
6,
11
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
26,
32
]
],
"english": "Now, I wish again to tell a song about fishkind by words of speech-craft through mind-thoughts about the great whale.",
"ref": "10th century, The Whale:",
"text": "Nū iċ fitte ġēn ymb fisca cynn wille wōðcræfte wordum cȳþan þurh mōdġemynd bī þām miclan hwale.",
"translation": "Now, I wish again to tell a song about fishkind by words of speech-craft through mind-thoughts about the great whale.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"poem, song"
],
"links": [
[
"poem",
"poem"
],
[
"song",
"song"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"conflict"
],
"links": [
[
"conflict",
"conflict"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fitt/"
},
{
"ipa": "[fit]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-itt"
}
],
"word": "fitt"
}
Download raw JSONL data for fitt meaning in Old English (4.0kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.