† i-witn.
Obsolete.
Knowledge; understanding; wits, senses.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intellect > [noun]
i-witc888
anyitOE
witOE
thoughtOE
inwitc1305
intention1340
mindc1384
understandingc1384
intentc1386
intelligencec1390
intellecta1398
minda1398
understanda1400
intellectionc1449
ingeny1477
intellectivec1484
mind-sight1587
intellectual1598
notion1604
intelligency1663
mental1676
nous1678
grasp1683
thinker1835
Geist1871
noesis1881
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [noun]
i-witc888
anyitOE
understandinga1050
ferec1175
skillwisenessa1200
quaintisec1300
brainc1325
cunning1340
reder1340
cunningnessa1400
sentencec1400
intelligence?1435
speculation1471
ingeny1474
cunningheadc1475
capacity1485
pregnancyc1487
dexterity1527
pregnance?1533
shift1542
wittiness1543
ingeniousness1555
conceitedness1576
pate1598
conceit1604
ingeniosity1607
dexterousness1622
talent1622
ingenuousness1628
solertiousnessa1649
ingenuity1651
partedness1654
brightness1655
solerty1656
prettiness1674
long head1694
long lega1705
cleverness1755
smartness1800
cleverality1828
brain power1832
knowledgeability1834
braininess1876
cerebrality1901
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. §3 Sio gedrefednes mæg þæt mod onstyrian, ac hio hit ne mæg his gewittes bereafian.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) i. 77 To syllenne his folce hys hæle gewit.
a1175 Cott. Hom. 219 He ȝescop tyen engle werod..Cherubim, ȝefildnesse of ywitte.
c1200 Vices & Virtues 19 He scolde sone bien ut of his iwitte.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 772 For hit [the horse] non iwit ne kon, Hit berth on rugge grete semes.
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