wittig

Old English

Alternative forms

witiġ

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *witīg, *witag, from Proto-Germanic *witagaz, *wītagaz, equivalent to witt +‎ -iġ. Cognate with Old Saxon witig, Old High German wizzīg and German witzig.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwit.tij/

Adjective

wittiġ

having knowledge, wisdom, sense; having wit; witty

Declension

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Derived terms

forewittiġ
ġewittiġ
unwittiġ

Related terms

Descendants

Middle English: witti, witty
- English: witty
- Scots: wittie, witty

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “witig”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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