v. Obs. Forms: 1 onʓit-an, 1–2 onʓet-an, 3 anȝet-en, anndȝæt-en. [f. OE. ǫn- proclitic form of ǫnd-, and- (see AN- pref. 2) + git-an, ʓitan to GET, acquire. The opposite of FOR-GET. The reg. form was on- or a-get; and-get in Orm. is assimilated to the sb.]
1. To comprehend, catch the sense of, understand, recognize.
c. 975. Rushw. Gosp., Matt. xv. 17. Ne onʓetað ʓe þætte ʓehwæt þæs þe in muðe ingæð in wombe gangeð?
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., ibid. Ne onʓyte ʓe?
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 223. Þa onȝeat se deofel þat adam and eua weron toði ȝesceapene.
1250. Lay., 15726. Þo anȝete [1205 anȝæt] ich at þan ende; Þat ich was mid childe.
2. To acknowledge, confess. rare.
c. 1200. Ormin, 13633. Opennliȝ biforenn mann Anndȝæteþþ hiss missdede.
