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witig

  • adjective
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Grammar
witig, wittig; adj.
having knowledge, wisdom, sense; sagacious, wise
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  • Stán witig werede and worde cwæð,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1485
      • ;
    • An. 744.

  • Swilce wittige ł gleáwe leorneras

    velut sagaces (prudentes) gymnosophistas,

      Hpt. Gl. 404, 76.
Grammar
witig, as an epithet of the Deity (cf. witte of witty God,
    Piers P. 15, 126
)
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  • Witig God,

    • Cd. Th. 182, 24
      • ;
    • Exod. 80: Ps. Th. 77, 20
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 14, 29
      • ;
    • Cri. 226
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 1375
      • ;
    • 6. 685: 2116
      • ;
    • B. 1056.

  • Witig Drihten,

    • 3113
      • ;
    • B. 1554
      • :
    • Hy. 4, 6
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 379, 12
      • ;
    • Deór. 32
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 179, 8
      • ;
    • Exod. 25: 241, 14
      • ;
    • Dan. 404.

  • Wittig (wigtig,>

      MS.
    ),

    • Beo. Th. 3687
      • ;
    • B. 1841.

  • Witig Wuldorcyning,

    • Cd. Th. 242, 30
      • ;
    • Dan. 427.
in one's wits, in one's right mind
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  • Wearð his suna wittig,

      Homl. Skt. i. 7, 428.
Etymology
[
Wygar þe witeȝe (wittye,
    2nd MS.
) wurhte,
    Laym. 21134.
Mine wise and mine witie (wittye,
    2nd MS.
) men,
    15829.
Witti and wise,
    Kath. 315.
Ich am witi and wot al þat to cumen is,
    O. and N. 1189.
Ȝe wise men and witty of the lawe,
    Piers P. C. 10, 51.
O. Sax. witig, wittig
:
O. H. Ger. wizíg, wizzíg solers, sapiens
:
Icel. vitugr.
]
Similar entries
v. for-, fore-, ge-, un-witig, -wittig.
Linked entries
v.  wittig.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “witig.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/36291.

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