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wit-word

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
wit-word, es; n.
A statement which bears witness to anything, testament, covenant
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  • Witword and gewitnes, ðæt ðæt stande ðæt hit nán man ne áwende,

    • L. Eth. iii. 3
    • ;
    • Th. i. 294, 1.
  • Wé willaþ ðæt . . . witword and getrýwe gewitnes . . . fæste stande,

    • L. N. P. L. 67
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 302, 5.
  • Ofer ðǽm landum ðe Ealdréd ærcebiscop hæfð siðþan begitan on witword oððe on caupland (by testament or purchase? ),

      Chart. Th. 439, 4.
Etymology
[
His witeword testamentum ejus,
    Ps. 24, 14.
Alle þat felle to me . . . of my lordes witeword, witnes þerof haf
    I, R. Brun. 152, 9.
Fulfille I salle in dede þe kynges witworde,
    153, 2.
Cf. Swed. wits-ord witness, testimony.
Icel. vit-orð knowledge.
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