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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *inwidją (“malice, wickedness”). Cognate with Old Saxon inwid (“fraud”), Old High German inwit, Old Norse ívið (“deceit, evil”) (attested in compound íviðgjarn). Further root-related to Old Norse íviðja (“malicious female being(?)”).
Noun
inwid n
- deceit, guile
Declension
Declension of inwid (strong a-stem)