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þeód-wita

  • noun [ masculine ]
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þeód-wita, an; m.
one of the wise men of a nation, one whose knowledge fits him for a place in the councils of the nation, a senator
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  • Senatores, ðæt synd þeódwitan,

      Jud. p. 161, 32.
  • Ðá wǽron þeódwitan (leód-,

      MS. H.) weorðscipes wyrðe, L. R. 1; Th. i. 190, 12.
  • Be ðeódwitan. Cyningan and bisceopan, eorlan and heretogan, geréfan and déman, lárwitan and lahwitan gedafenaþ mid rihte ðæt hí ánrǽde weorðan,

      L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 12.
a man of great wisdom or
learning, a sage
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  • Wá eów ðe taliaþ eów sylfe tó ðeódwitan

    ve, qui sapientes estis carom oculis vestris,

      Wulfst. 46, 26.
  • II a. used of a poet :-- Se þeódwita Virgilius, Anglia viii.
      320, 30.
  • Oft ða þeódwitan ðus heora meteruers gewurðiaþ,

      332, 15. II b.
  • Manega þing wé mihton of þeódwitena gesetnysse geícean, Anglia viii. 321, 24. [Cf Icel. þjóð-skáld, -smiðr a great poet, craftsman.] Cf. leód-wita.
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  • þeód-wita, n.