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eald-wita

  • noun [ masculine ]
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eald-wita, an; m. [eald old, wita one who knows]
One old or eminent in knowledge, a priest; þresby̆ter
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  • Presbiter is mæsse-preóst oððe eald-wita; ná ðæt ǽlc eald sý, ac ðæt he eald sý on wísdóme

    presbyter is the mass-priest or one eminent in knowledge; not that every one is old, but that he is old in wisdom,

    • L. Ælf. C. 17
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 348, 20: Bd. 2,
    • 16;
    • S. 519,
    • 29.
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v.  aldor-wísa.
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