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wita, <b>. I.</b>
Wright's OE grammar
§102; §225; §256; §401; §562;
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  • Á swá hé gecneordra (bið), swá bið hé weorðra, gyf hé wið witan hafað his wísan gemǽne,

      Angl. ix. 260, 20.
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  • Hé nyste hwæs hé geléfan sceolde, þá hine þá swýdost on un-gewisse gebróhton þe his witan beón sceoldon. Hml. S. 23, 398. II a. add :-- Witan hym

    (the king)

    sceolan rǽdan,
      O. E. Hml. i. 301, l.
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  • Þá geþafode ꝥ se ealda wita (

    senex

    ) and lǽdde þone cniht mid him tó þám mynstre,
      Gr. D. 242, 22.

  • Witum

    senioribus

    (Mt.
      16, 21), An. Ox. 61, 19.
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  • Hé wæs him sylfum þæs wita

    (testis),

      Gr. D. 265, 22.

  • Hé cwæð ꝥ hé wǽre se cúðesta wita (gewita, v.l.) hyre clǽnnesse

    dicens se testem integritatis suae esse certissimum,

      Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 440, 21.
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v. Angel-, eald-, heáh-wita.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wita.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/60628.

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