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and-git

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§10; §569;
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understanding, intellect
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  • Swǽ ðurhfærð his andgiet (-git,

      Hatt. MS.)
    ðæt mód his hiéremonna, Past. 154, 11.
  • Se geleáfa ne bið on geárum, ac bið on glǽwum andgitum,

      Hml. S. 7, 112.
sense, faculty of perception
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  • Hé læg cwydeleás búton andgite,

      Hml. Th. i. 86, 26.
  • Heora módes andgytu hí fordytton,

      Hml. S. 23, 379.
plan, purpose
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  • Hí þone Hǽlend bǽdon ꝥ hé tówurpe þæs wælreówan andgyt (

    the intention of destroying the city

    ),
      Hml. S. 3, 239.
sense, purport, meaning
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  • Ic nime on sumum ꝥ andgit án, on sumum þá word mid þám andgite

    in quibusdam sensum solummodo, in quibusdam verba cum sensu teneo,

      Gr. D. 9, 10-12.
  • Wendan hwílum word be worde, hwílum andgit of andgite,

      Past. 7, 20.
  • Ǽrendgewrit on þyson andgite gediht

    a letter to this effect,

      Hml. S. 23, 792.
  • Hé áwrát be sumum ðegene þisum andgite reccende,

      Hml. Th. ii. 356, 22.
  • Gástlicum angite allegoriam . . . heofenlicum angite

    anagogen,

      An. Ox. 182, 184.
  • Ðæt ys on angite ꝥ

    . . . the meaning is that . . . ,

      Jud. p. 157, 34.
  • Ðæt is on ðrím andgitum tó understandenne

    that is to be understood in three senses,

      Hml. Th. i. 264, 31.
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  • and-git, n.