2025年1月14日 · From Middle English wit, from Old English witt (“understanding, intellect, sense, knowledge, consciousness, conscience”), from Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto …

What does the noun wit mean? There are 30 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun wit, 17 of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation …

Wit referring to Madness, such as the phrase out of witt, is in widespread use throughout the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, frequently alluding to depth of emotion, such as love out of witt.

The word wit is from Old English. According to Etymonline: "know," O.E. witan "to know," from P.Gmc. *witanan "to have seen," hence "to know" (cf. O.S. witan, O.N. vita, O.Fris. wita, …

2025年2月20日 · "mental capacity, the mind as the seat of thinking and reasoning," Old English wit, witt, more commonly gewit "understanding, intellect, sense; knowledge, consciousness, …

Vafþrúðnir (Old Norse "mighty weaver" [1]) is a wise jötunn in Norse mythology. His name comes from Vaf, which means weave or entangle, and thrudnir, which means strong or mighty. Some …

The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (/ vətˈvɑːtəsrɑːnt /), commonly known as Wits University or Wits, is a multi-campus public research university situated in the northern areas …

Old English witt; related to Old Saxon giwitt, Old High German wizzi (German Witz), Old Norse vit, Gothic witi. See wit 2

Someone witty, also known as a wit, is a person skilled at wit, making spontaneous one-line or single-phrase jokes. [1][2] Forms of wit include the quip, repartee, and wisecrack. Dorothy …

2019年4月3日 · Old wit's end was an insane snowball/early power spike with the cheap stats and 30 MR steal. You need to have a level advantage to make up for your lack of hp though for it …