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wit

  • pronoun
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Grammar
wit, pers. pron.
Wright's OE grammar
§459; §462;
We two,
I and thou,
alone
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  • Ðæt hí sýn án swá wyt sýn án,

      Jn. Skt. 17, 22.
  • Abram cwæð tó Lothe: 'Wyt sind gebróðru,'

      Gen. 13, 8.
  • Wit,

    • Cd. Th. 114, 14
    • ;
    • Gen. 1904.
  • Geþenc hwæt wit sprǽcon,

    • Beo. Th. 2957
    • ;
    • B. 1476
    • :
    • Exon. Th. 172, 18
    • ;
    • Gú. 1145.
  • Wit baru standaþ,

    • Cd. Th. 50, 20
    • ;
    • Gen. 811.
Grammar
wit, with numeral forms
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  • Wit bútú sprecaþ,

    • Cd. Th. 36, 20
    • ;
    • Gen. 574: 52, 3
    • ;
    • Gen. 838
    • .
  • Ne forlǽte ic ðé, þenden wit lifiaþ bú,

    • 136, 11
    • ;
    • Gen. 2256.
I and he (she),
Grammar
wit, alone
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  • Ðá becóme wit tó ðam inneran dǽle ðæs wéstenes ðǽr uncer hlǽfdige wæs, and wit wǽron belocene in carcerne,

    • Shrn. 38, 20
    • :
    • Gen. 41, 12
    • .
  • Rincas míne, restaþ incit hér, wit (Isaac and I) eft cumaþ,

    • Cd. Th. 174, 21
    • ;
    • Gen. 2882: 152, 31
    • ;
    • Gen. 2529
    • :
    • Beo. Th. 1074
    • ;
    • B. 535.
Grammar
wit, with numeral forms
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  • Ic wæs gehloten mid ánum wífe in ánes ceorles þeówdóme. Ðá wǽron wit twégen on ánum olfende,

      Shrn. 38, 14.
  • Ic gean intó Élíg, ðér mínes hláfordes líchoma rest, ðara þreó landa ðe wit bútá geheótan Gode,

      Chart. Th. 524, 20.
  • Ðá bær unc mon liþ forþ, and wit bú druncan,

    • Bd. 5, 3
    • ;
    • S. 616, 31
    • .
Grammar
wit, with the name of the person associated with the speaker
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  • Wit Scilling for uncrum sigedryhtne song áhófan,

    • Exon. Th. 324, 31
    • ;
    • Víd. 103.
Grammar
wit, with name and numeral
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  • Wit Adam twá eaples þigdon,

    • Cd. Th. 290, 6
    • ;
    • Sat. 411.
Etymology
[
Gif þu me dest woh and wit beon anes lauerdes men,
    O. E. Homl. i. 33, 1.
Þe bet wit (he and I; we,
    2nd MS.
) mawen libben,
    Laym. 9515.
Wit (we,
    2nd MS.
) tweie,
    23653.
Witt ne muȝhenn tæmenn,
    Orm. 202.
Wit beoð ifestnet and þe cnotte is icnut bituhhen unc tweien,
    Kath. 1512.
Ðo quat Laban: 'Frend sule wit ben and trewðe pligt nu unc bitwen',
    Gen. and Ex. 1775.
Goth. O. Sax. wit
:
Icel. vit.
]
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v. unc, .
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v.  unc witt.
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