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Grammar
witon, wuton (-an, -un), uton (-an, -un);
interjectional form with an infinitive, the combination being the equivalent of a subjunctive, = let us . . .
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  • Uton (wuton,

      Cott. MS.
    ) ágifan ðæm esne his wíf,

    • Bt. 35, 6
      • ; Fox 170, 6.

  • Wuton wuldrian weorada Dryhten,

      Hy. 8, 1.

  • Uuton nú gehýran,

      Blickl. Homl. 83, 30.

  • Wutan cuman ealle, and úre mágas mid ús wutun þyder habban,

      Ps. Th. 73, 8.

  • Wutun cuman ealle and hí tówyrpan

    venite et disperdamus eos,

    • 82, 4
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 5290
      • ;
    • B. 2648.

  • Gǽ wé ł wutun (wutu,

      Rush.
    ) geonga,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 38
      • :
    • 14, 42.

  • Uton gán (uutun geonga,

      Lind.
    )

    eamus,

      Jn. Skt. 11, 16.

  • Uton wircean

    faciamus,

    • Gen. 1, 26
      • :
    • 2, 18
      • :
    • 11, 3
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 26, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 403
      • :
    • 278, 6
      • ;
    • Sat. 217.

  • Ðá cwæþ hé: 'Uton geécan ðone anweald . . .' Ðácwæþ ic: 'Uton ðæs,'

    • Bt. 33, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 120, 28.

  • Utan biddan God,

    • Bd. 2, 2
      • ;
    • S. 502, 18
      • :
    • 3, 2
      • ;
    • S. 524, 21
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 48, 14
      • ;
    • Cri. 771.

  • Utun faran

    transeamus,

      Lk. Skt. 2, 15.
Grammar
witon, ¶ the word was originally a tense of the verb wítan, and its verbal character is occasionally still marked by the use of the pronoun
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  • Wuton wé ðæt gemunan,

      Blickl. Homl. 125, 2.

  • Uutun ué geonga (uton gan,

      W. S.,
    wutun gonga,
      Rush.
    )

    eamus,

      Jn. Skt. Lind. 14, 31.
Etymology
[
Uten don elmessen,
    O. E. Homl. i. 107, 6.
Uten we heom to liðe,
    Laym. 20635.
Ute we to him fare,
    O. and N. 1779.
O. Sax. wita.
]
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v.  utan uton.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “witon.” 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/36309.

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