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weorold-wita

  • noun [ masculine ]
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weorold-wita, an ; m.
A secular or lay councillor
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  • Gif feohbót áríseþ, swá swá wise woroldwitan tó steóre gesettan,

      L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 5.
  • Wíse eác wǽron woroldwitan ðe ǽrest gesettan tó godcundan rihtlagan worldlaga, vii. 24; Th. i. 334, 21.
  • Worldwitan, ix. 348, 13.
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