different between inwit vs inwrit

English

Etymology

From Middle English inwit (“mind, reason, intellect, understanding; soul, spirit; feeling; the collection of inner faculties; one of five inner faculties; one of the outer bodily senses.; inward awareness of right or wrong, conscience”), from Old English *inwitt, in?ewitnes (“consciousness, conscience, knowledge, knowing”), equivalent to in- +? wit. Compare Scots inwit, Saterland Frisian Gewieten, West Frisian gewisse, Dutch geweten, German Low German Geweten, German Gewissen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nw?t/

Noun

inwit (uncountable)

1. (archaic) Inward knowledge or understanding.
2. (obsolete) Conscience; inward sense of morality.

Derived terms

• angel's inwit

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ynwitt, inwitt, inwytt, ynwytt, inwyt, inwytte, ine-wyt

Etymology

From Old English *inwitt; equivalent to in- +? witt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?inwit/, /?n?wit/

Noun

inwit (uncountable)

1. reasoning, mental acuity, brainpower.
2. attitude, impression, essence
3. A mental process or power
4. morality, moral code; judgement
5. (rare) plan, intent, purpose.

Descendants

• English: inwit (archaic)

References

• “inwit, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-02.

English

Verb

inwrit

1. alternative past participle of inwrite
   • 1825, Jacobus Arminius, Petrus Bertius, The works of James Arminius, D. D., formerly professor of divinity:

     […] Scultetus beginneth with a set Speech which he had inwrit lying before him […]

Anagrams

• writin'