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witod

  • adjective
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witod, adj. (ptcpl. )
appointed, ordained, assured, certain
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  • Him is unhyldo Waldendes witod, nú hié wordcwyde his forléton,

    • Cd. Th. 45, 21
      • ;
    • Gen. 730.

  • Ðé is gedál witod líces and sáwle,

    • 57, 19
      • ;
    • Gen. 930: 252, 9
      • ;
    • Dan. 576
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1777
      • ;
    • An. 891.

  • Ðonne bið ús seó méd æt Drihtene witod,

    • L. E. G. 21
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 418, 20.

  • Mé bið gyrn witod . . . bearnum biþ deáþ witod,

    • Exon. Th. 396, 18, 28
      • ;
    • Rä. 16, 6, 11
      • :
    • 494, 13
      • ;
    • Rä. 82, 7
      • :
    • Fins. Th. 53
      • ;
    • Fin. 26.

  • Mé bið witod, ðæt ic þolian sceal bearngestreóna,

    • Exon. Th. 402, 3
      • ;
    • Rä. 21, 24.

  • Ðé is súsl weotod,

    • Cd. Th. 308, 14
      • ;
    • Sat. 692
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1902
      • ;
    • An. 953.

  • Here bád witodes willan,

    • Cd. Th. 213, 12
      • ;
    • Exod. 551.

  • Witodre fyrde,

    • 207, 23
      • ;
    • Exod. 471.

  • Sceal ic witodes bídan

    I must await my certain fate,

    • 137, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 2275.

  • Dóm wutedne

    judicium certum,

      Rtl. 92, 18.

  • Wé ús nytan witod líf óð ǽfen

    we are not sure of life until the evening,

    • Wulfst. 241, 16
      • :
    • 240, 18: 151, 17.

  • Nú hæbbe ic ðíne hyldo mé witode geworhte,

    • Cd. Th. 45, 15
      • ;
    • Gen. 727.

  • Weotude,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2149
      • ;
    • An. 1076.

  • Fleág fugla cyn, ðǽr hý feorhnere witude fundon

    (where they were sure of finding food),

    • Exon. Th. 157, 11
      • ;
    • Gú. 890.

  • Witode,

    • 430, 13
      • ;
    • Rä. 44, 8.

  • Béc bodiaþ weotedne willan,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 475
      • ;
    • Sal. 238.

  • Ne cýþ ðú witod on wén ðín

    do not feel sure of your expectation,

      Prov. Kmbl. 22.

  • Se ealda man him mæg gewislíce witod witan, ðæt him se deáð geneálǽcð

    the old man may surely know, that for him the approach of death is certain,

      Wulfst. 147, 26.

  • Hí eác wénan ne þurfon, ac witod witan, ðæt hig yfel leán habban scylan,

      270, 26.

  • Ic ðæt wénde and witod tealde, ðæt ic ðé meahte áhwyrfan from hálor,

    • Exon. Th. 264, 1
      • ;
    • Jul. 357.

  • Him tó wǽron witode geþingþo,

    • Cd. Th. 30, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 475.

  • Ðé sind wítu weotud be gewyrhtum,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2731
      • ;
    • An. 1368.

  • Feohgestealda witedra wénan,

    • Exon. Th. 283, 26
      • ;
    • Jul. 686.

  • Hé him wælbende weotode tealde,

    • Beo. Th. 3877
      • ;
    • B. 1936.

  • Uutedo

    certa,

      Rtl. 171, 41.
with much the same force as witodlíce,
with definite sense, it is certain, certainly, assuredly
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  • Witod, se ðe his broces bóte sécð, búton tó Gode sylfum, hé drýhð deófles wyllan,

    • Wulfst. 12, 11
      • :
    • 85, 14.

  • Án þing ic eów secge tó gewisse, ðæt witod sceal geweorðan godspel gecýþed geond ealle worulde ǽr worulde ende,

      89, 21.

  • Se ðe forsyhð eów, witod hé forsyhð mé,

      177, 15.
in a less definite sense, indeed, surely
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  • Allo wuted iornaþ

    omnes quidem currunt,

      Rtl. 5, 35.

  • Ða heordas wutud gisprécun betwih him,

      Lk. Skt. Rush. 2, 15.

  • Witud

    quidem,

      Anglia xiii. 392, 383:

    nam,

      368, 40:

    itaque,

      379, 194.
Etymology
[
O. Sax.witod Nadra, thár sin iro níðskepies witodes wánie where it thinks hostility intended,
    Hél. 1880.
Cf. Goth. witóþ law
:
O. H. Ger. wizod, wizzod lex, jus.
]
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v. ge-, un-witod, and next word.
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v.  ge-witod witud.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “witod.” 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/36304.

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