"git" meaning in Old English

See git in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /jiːt/ Forms: ġīt [canonical]
Rhymes: -iːt Head templates: {{ang-adv|head=ġīt}} ġīt
  1. alternative form of ġīet Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ġīet
    Sense id: en-git-ang-adv-M7XzrCV0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 0 0

Pronoun

IPA: /jit/ Forms: ġit [canonical]
Rhymes: -it Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *jit, with the *i leveled in from *wit. Further from Proto-Germanic *jut. Cognate with North Frisian jat. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*jit}} Proto-West Germanic *jit, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*jut}} Proto-Germanic *jut, {{cog|frr|jat}} North Frisian jat Head templates: {{head|ang|pronoun|head=ġit}} ġit
  1. (the second-person dual nominative) you two
    Sense id: en-git-ang-pron-wdWZV25w Categories (other): Old English pronouns
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 0 0
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Download raw JSONL data for git meaning in Old English (2.8kB)

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  "called_from": "parser/328",
  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "git"
  ],
  "section": "Old English",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "git",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 17"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "git"
  ],
  "section": "Old English",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "git",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 17"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "git"
  ],
  "section": "Old English",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "git",
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}

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