andgiet

Etymology
Derived from, earlier *andġetan.

Noun

 * 1) understanding, intellect
 * 2) knowledge, cognizance, perception
 * 3) sense, meaning
 * 4) * c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"
 * "ang"

- On ōðre wīsan wē sċēawiaþ mētinge and on ōðre wīsan stafas. Ne gǣþ nā māre tō mētinge būtan þæt þū hit ġesēo and herie. Nis nā ġenōg þæt þū stafas sċēawiġe būtan þū hīe ēac rǣde and þæt andġiet understande.


 * 1) one of the five senses
 * 2) plan, purpose

Usage notes

 * In King Alfred's Early West Saxon, the word for a sense as in "a means of perception" is ġewitt and the five senses are, , , , and . Ælfric, writing in Late West Saxon, gives the word for a sense as and the five senses as , , , , and.