† anˈget, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 onᵹit-an, 1–2 onᵹet-an, 3 anȝet-en, anndȝæt-en.
[f. OE. ǫn -proclitic form of ǫnd-, and- (see an prefix 2) + git-an, ᵹitan to get, acquire. The opposite of for-get. The reg. form was on- or a-get; and-get in Orm. is assimilated to the n.]
1. To comprehend, catch the sense of, understand, recognize.
| c 975 Rushw. Gosp. Matt. xv. 17 Ne onᵹetað ᵹe þætte ᵹ ehwæt þæs þe in muðe ingæð in wombe gangeð? c 1000 Ags. Gosp. ibid., Ne onᵹyte ᵹe? c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 223 Þa onȝeat se deofel þat adam and eua weron toði ȝesceapene. 1250 Lay. 15726 Þo anȝete [1205 anȝæt] ich at þan ende{revsc} Þat ich was mid childe. |
2. To acknowledge, confess. rare.
| c 1200 Ormin 13633 Opennliȝ biforenn mann Anndȝæteþþ hiss missdede. |