• andġit,andġyt,onġit

Derived fromonġietan(“to understand or perceive”), earlier*andġetan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑndˌji͜yt/

andġiet n

1. understanding,intellect
2. knowledge,cognizance,perception
3. sense,meaning
   • c. 992,Ælfric,"Midlent Sunday"

     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 þætandġiet understande.

     We look at pictures in one way and letters in another. You don't do anything with a painting except see it and praise it. Looking at letters is not enough unless you also read them and understand themeaning.

4. one of the five senses
5. plan,purpose

• InKing Alfred's Early West Saxon, the word for a sense as in "a means of perception" isġewitt and the five senses areġesihþ(“sight”),ġehīernes(“hearing”),stenċ(“smell”),swæcc(“taste”), andhrīning(“touch”).Ælfric, writing in Late West Saxon, gives the word for a sense asandġiet and the five senses asġesihþ,hlyst,swæcc,stenċ, andhrepung.

Stronga-stem:

• andġiete
• andġietol
• andġietlīċ
• andġietful
• andġietlēas
• andġiettācn

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