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witer

  • adjective
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Grammar
witer, witter; adj.
Knowing, wise
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  • Hé wíslíce hine beþóhte, swá hé full witter wæs,

      Chr. 1067 ; Erl 204, 35.
Etymology
[
Heo wes witer, heo wes wis,
    Laym. 9600.
Þeo weoren þa alre witereste þe wuneden on Bruttene,
    15204.
Full witerr takenn a manifest token,
    Orm. 4013.
Wurð ðe child witter and war,
    Gen. and Ex. 1308.
Wex he witter and wyse,
    Alex. Skt. 629.
Icel. vitr wise.
]
Linked entries
v.  witran witter.
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  • witer, adj.