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== Definition ==
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Andgit or Andgiet is an Anglo Saxon word meaning the concept of intelligence, wisdom, meaning and sense.
Andgitfullice means intelligently or clearly.
Andgitol is an intelligent person.
 
== Etymology ==
The word was used around 1000 AD and is found in "King Alfred's Old English version of Boethius De consolatione philosophiae" using it for the word wisdom and defining it so.
 
== Current Usage ==
The word "Andgit" and its derivatives are used mostly in names of companies and some last names
* [http://www.andgit.com Andgit Corp] is a Supply Chain Consulting firm
 
== References ==
* [http://www.mun.ca/Ansaxdat/vocab/wordlist.html Old English vocabulary]
* [http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/germanic/oe_bright_glossary.html Bright's Anglo-Saxon Reader]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=rYT8MPFl_egC&pg=PA339&lpg=PA339&dq=old+english+words+andgit&source=bl&ots=3yI6qHZWj3&sig=vhhjlVxYRSuQ_fS7F3vJl45wV84&hl=en&ei=-MOwS67QHsKAlAejge2HAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCcQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=old%20english%20words%20andgit&f=false Folk Taxonomies] in early English By Earl R. Anderson
* Approaches to the Old English Vocabulary for Mind by Soon-Ai Low