"wit" meaning in Old English

See wit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /wit/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wit, from Proto-Germanic *wet, from a suffixed form of *wéy (see wē). Cognate with North Frisian wat, Old Norse vit, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐍄 (wit), and Lithuanian vèdu. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*wit}} Proto-West Germanic *wit, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wet}} Proto-Germanic *wet, {{m|ine-pro|*wéy}} *wéy, {{m|ang|wē}} wē, {{cog|frr|wat}} North Frisian wat, {{cog|non|vit}} Old Norse vit, {{cog|got|𐍅𐌹𐍄}} Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐍄 (wit), {{cog|lt|vèdu}} Lithuanian vèdu Head templates: {{head|ang|pronoun|cat2=personal pronouns|head=wit}} wit Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], iċ [first-person, nominative, singular], mec [accusative, first-person, singular], mē [accusative, first-person, singular], mē [dative, first-person, singular], mīn [first-person, genitive, singular], þū [nominative, second-person, singular], þec [accusative, second-person, singular], þē [accusative, second-person, singular], þē [dative, second-person, singular], þīn [genitive, second-person, singular], hit [accusative, neuter, nominative, singular, third-person], him [dative, neuter, singular, third-person], his [genitive, neuter, singular, third-person], hē [masculine, nominative, singular, third-person], hine [accusative, masculine, singular, third-person], him [dative, masculine, singular, third-person], his [genitive, masculine, singular, third-person], hēo [feminine, nominative, singular, third-person], hīe [accusative, feminine, singular, third-person], hiere [dative, feminine, genitive, singular, third-person], wit [dual, first-person, nominative], unc [accusative, dual, first-person], uncit [accusative, dual, first-person], unc [dative, dual, first-person], uncer [dual, first-person, genitive], ġit [dual, nominative, second-person], inc [accusative, dual, second-person], incit [accusative, dual, second-person], inc [dative, dual, second-person], incer [dual, genitive, second-person], wē [first-person, nominative, plural], ūs [accusative, first-person, plural], ūsic [accusative, first-person, plural], ūs [dative, first-person, plural], ūser [first-person, genitive, plural], ūre [first-person, genitive, plural], ġē [nominative, plural, second-person], ēow [accusative, plural, second-person], ēowic [accusative, plural, second-person], ēow [dative, plural, second-person], ēower [genitive, plural, second-person], hīe [accusative, nominative, plural, third-person], him [dative, plural, third-person], heora [genitive, plural, third-person]
  1. we two Synonyms: wyt

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wit meaning in Old English (6.4kB)

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      "form": "ūsic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūser",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēow",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēowic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēow",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēower",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hīe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "him",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heora",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "personal pronouns",
        "head": "wit"
      },
      "expansion": "wit",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English personal pronouns",
        "Old English pronouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "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 terms with quotations",
        "Old English terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Old English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We wed yesterday.",
          "text": "Wit beǣwnodon ġiestrandæġ.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "gold-friend of men who we already spoke",
          "ref": "c. 700 AD, Bēowulf, ll. 1476",
          "text": "goldwine gumena, ⁠hwæt wit geō sprǣcon,",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "we two"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "we",
          "we"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wit/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wyt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wit"
}
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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "wit"
  ],
  "section": "Old English",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "wit",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Old English",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "wit",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/2447",
  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, BUT Old English is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS; cleaned text: his",
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}

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