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ge-wita

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ge-wita, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§574;
One who is cognisant of anything, a witness, an accessory; testis, conscius
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  • Gewita

    testis,

    • Wrt. Voc. 76, 21
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  • Ælmihtig drihten ðe is ealra þinga gewita

    the Lord Almighty that is cognisant of all things,

    • Lchdm. iii. 436, 20
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  • Ðisæs is Oda gewita

    of this is Oda witness,

    • Th. Chart. 510, 5
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  • God sylf his is gewita

    God is his own witness,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 126, 9
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    • i. 84, 4
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    • Ps. Th. 88, 31
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  • Ða leásan gewitan

    the false witnesses,

    • Homl. Th. i. 50, 14, 29
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    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 72, 497
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  • Geweotan,

    • Th. Chart. 480, 16
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  • We þissa wundra gewitan sindon

    we are witnesses of these wonders,

    • Exon. 43 b
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    • Th. 147, 10
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    • Gú. 724
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  • Gif heó clǽne sý and ðæs fácnes gewita nǽre

    if she be innocent and were not an accessory to the crime,

    • L. Ath. v. § 1, 1
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    • Th. i. 228, 17
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  • Ðæt ðú sý wommes gewita

    that thou art an accessory to the crime,

    • Exon. 80 a
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    • Th. 301, 14
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    • Fä. 19
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    • Frag. Kmbl. 12
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    • Leás. 7
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  • Wildeóra gewita

    one who has the same knowledge [wit] as the beasts

    [Grein and Bouterwek write gewíta = socius],
    • Cd. 206
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    • Th. 255, 14
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    • Dan. 624
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Etymology
[
O. Sax. ge-wito:
O. H. Ger. ki-wizo conscius.
]
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  • ge-wita, n.