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{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "wit"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: wit, witt, witte, wytt, wyt\nEnglish: wit\nYola: wut",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: wit, witt, witte, wytt, wyt\nEnglish: wit\nYola: wut"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*witi"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *witi",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*witją"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *witją",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*weyd-",
"4": "",
"5": "see, know"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "wit"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian wit",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "wit"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon wit",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wizzi"
},
"expansion": "Old High German wizzi",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Witz"
},
"expansion": "German Witz",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "vit"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse vit",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "vett"
},
"expansion": "Swedish vett",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "witan"
},
"expansion": "witan",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).\nCognate with Old Frisian wit, Old Saxon wit, Old High German wizzi (whence German Witz), Old Norse vit (whence Swedish vett). Compare witan.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "witt",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "witt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "witt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "witt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "witt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wittes",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "witta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "witte",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wittum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "nouns",
"3": "nominative plural",
"4": "witt",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "n",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "witt n (nominative plural witt)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"2": "witt"
},
"expansion": "witt n (nominative plural witt)",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "witt"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "witt",
"2": "witt",
"3": "witt",
"4": "witt",
"5": "wittes",
"6": "witta",
"7": "witte",
"8": "wittum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong a-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "ġewitt"
},
{
"word": "witlēas"
},
{
"word": "wittiġ"
},
{
"word": "witegan"
}
],
"glosses": [
"mind, understanding, sense, sanity"
],
"id": "en-witt-ang-noun-ZyZAXHPy",
"links": [
[
"mind",
"mind"
],
[
"understanding",
"understanding"
],
[
"sense",
"sense"
],
[
"sanity",
"sanity"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/witt/"
},
{
"ipa": "[wit]"
}
],
"word": "witt"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "ġewitt"
},
{
"word": "witlēas"
},
{
"word": "wittiġ"
},
{
"word": "witegan"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "wit"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: wit, witt, witte, wytt, wyt\nEnglish: wit\nYola: wut",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: wit, witt, witte, wytt, wyt\nEnglish: wit\nYola: wut"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*witi"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *witi",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*witją"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *witją",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*weyd-",
"4": "",
"5": "see, know"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "wit"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian wit",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "wit"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon wit",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wizzi"
},
"expansion": "Old High German wizzi",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Witz"
},
"expansion": "German Witz",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "vit"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse vit",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "vett"
},
"expansion": "Swedish vett",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "witan"
},
"expansion": "witan",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).\nCognate with Old Frisian wit, Old Saxon wit, Old High German wizzi (whence German Witz), Old Norse vit (whence Swedish vett). Compare witan.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "witt",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "witt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "witt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "witt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "witt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wittes",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "witta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "witte",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wittum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "nominative plural",
"4": "witt",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "n",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "witt n (nominative plural witt)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"2": "witt"
},
"expansion": "witt n (nominative plural witt)",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "witt"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "witt",
"2": "witt",
"3": "witt",
"4": "witt",
"5": "wittes",
"6": "witta",
"7": "witte",
"8": "wittum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong a-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
"Old English neuter nouns",
"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"
],
"glosses": [
"mind, understanding, sense, sanity"
],
"links": [
[
"mind",
"mind"
],
[
"understanding",
"understanding"
],
[
"sense",
"sense"
],
[
"sanity",
"sanity"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/witt/"
},
{
"ipa": "[wit]"
}
],
"word": "witt"
}
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