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un-wita

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
un-wita, an; m.
A foolish, stupid, witless person, a fool
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  • Se unwita

    insipiens,

      Ps. Lamb. 13, 1.
  • Eorp unwita,

      Exon. Th. 433, 21; Rä. 50, 11.
  • Gebíg fram unwitan (

    insensato

    ), and ðú ná wiþerast on stuntnysse his,
      Scint. 188, 11.
  • Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc tó sinoðe gefædne man tó cnihte and nǽnigne unwitan ðe disig lufige,

      L. Edg. C. 4 ; Th. ii. 244, 14.
  • Gif hit unwitan ǽnige hwíle healdaþ bútan hæftum, hit ðurh hróf wadeþ, bærneþ boldgetimbru,

      Salm. Kmbl. 821; Sal. 410.
Etymology
[Gif eni unweote acseð ou of hwat ordre ȝe beon, A. R. 8, 22. Oðre þurh wicchecreftes biȝulið unweoten (-witen, MS. R.), Kath. 1054. Unweoten buten wit, Marh. 6, 11. O. H. Ger. un-wizzo inscius, ignavus: Icel. ú-viti an idiot, a witless person; ú-vita senseless, insane.]
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