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ge-witan

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Wright's OE grammar
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to know, have knowledge of
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  • Mið ðý gewit ðú cum scieris, Mt. p. 4, 6. 'Ðone uoeg gié uuton' . . . 'Huu mago ué ꝥ weg gewuta?'

    'uiam scitis' . . . 'Quomodo possumus uiam scire?',

      Jn. L. R. 14, 5.
to know, get knowledge of, learn.
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  • Ne walde ǽnig gewuta

    nec uolebat quemquam scire,

      Mk. L. R. 9, 30.
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  • Nǽnig siððan wera gewiste þǽre wihte síð,

      Rä. 30, 14.
  • Hé hopode ꝥ hé þý æfterfyligendan geáre ꝥ gewiste,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 728.
  • Ic wolde æt ðé gewitan þissere byrig rihtnaman,

      23, 547.
  • Hine gewuta (

    scire

    ) ðú mæht of oferwritenum,
      Mt. p. 12, 2.
  • Gewite, p. 4, 1.
  • Gewutta, p. 11, 1.
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  • Ꝥ gié gewitte for ðon sunu monnes hæfes mæht

    ut sciatis quoniam filius hominis habet potestatem,

      Mt. L. 9, 6.
  • Ꝥ hé ásende sumne mann and gewiste (

    agnosceret

    ) and him eft gecýðde hwæt wǽre geworden be
      Germane, Gr. D. 172, 8.
  • Sum ríce man wolde gewitan æt ðám Hǽlende hú hé mihte habban heofenan ríces myrhðe,

      Hex. 54, 23.
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  • Ꝥ hé ꝥ sceolde geornlíce gewitan and geleornian hwilces geleáfan Angelcynnes cyrice wǽre

    ut, cuius esset fidei Anglorum ecclesia, diligenter edisceret,

      Bd. 4, 18; Sch. 438, 1.
to know, be conscious of, learn by the senses
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  • Þæt hé mægða síð wíne druncen gewitan ne meahte,

      Gen. 2605.
  • Þæs þe ic gewitan mihte

    from what I could see;

    ut dinoscere potui,
      Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 620, 15.
  • Hió wolde gewitan (

    dignoscere

    ) mid hire eárum æt his nosþyrlum hweþer ǽnig líflic oroð him inne wǽre,
      276, 16.
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