fitt

See also: Fitt

English

Noun

fitt (plural fitts)

  1. Alternative form of fit (section of a poem or ballad)

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fittju, from Proto-Germanic *fitjō (“foot, seam”) and *fitī (“section, segment, chapter”), both from Proto-Indo-European *pedio-. Cognate with Old Saxon *fittea, attested in the borrowed Latin vittea.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fitt/, [fit]

Noun

fitt f

  1. song
  2. conflict

Declension
Declension of fitt (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative fitt fitta, fitte
accusative fitte fitta, fitte
genitive fitte fitta
dative fitte fittum

Descendants
  • Middle English: fitt, fit
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