† i-wit Obs.
Also iwitt, ywit(t.
[OE. ᵹewit(t (= OHG. gawitȥi, gi-, gewiȥȥi, gewiȥȥe, MHG. gewiȥȥe, -witȥe), f. ȥe-, i-1 + stem of wit-an to know; wit: cf. wit n.]
Knowledge; understanding; wits, senses.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. v. §3 Sio ᵹedrefednes mæᵹ þæt mod onstyrian, ac hio hit ne mæᵹ his ᵹewittes bereafian. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Luke i. 77 To syllenne his folce hys hæle ᵹewit. a 1175 Cott. Hom. 219 He ȝescop tyen engle werod..Cherubim, ȝefildnesse of ywitte. c 1200 Vices & Virtues 19 He scolde sone bien ut of his iwitte. a 1250 Owl & Night. 772 For hit [the horse] non iwit ne kon, Hit berth on rugge grete semes. |