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un-wittig

  • adjective
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Grammar
un-wittig, adj; Without wit or
understanding,
not in a bad sense
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  • Ge weras, ge wíf and ða unwittigan cild,

      Homl. Ass. 29, 122.
in a bad sense
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  • Wel déd se ðe unwittigum stýrð mid swinglum, gif hé mid wordum ne mæg. Hit is áwriten: 'Ne bið se stunta mid wordum gerihtlǽced,' Homl. Th. ii. 532, 13.
  • Þeówian unclǽnum deóflum and ðám unwittigum heargum,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 52.
Etymology
[Þat nan ne beo so wilde, nan swa unwitti, þat word talie ær he ihere minne horn, Laym. 786. Stew þine unwittie wordes, Marh. 6, 2. O. H. Ger. un-wizzig insipiens, inprovidus, insanus.]
Similar entries
v. un-gewittig.
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v.  un-gewittig.
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Word-wheel

  • un-wittig, adj.