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ge-wítnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to punish a person
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  • Gewítnodum

    multato (pestilente ),

      Kent. Gl. 774.

  • Ðé þincþ ꝥ þá orsorgran bióð gesǽligran ðonne þá gewítnodan, Bt. 38, 4; F. 204, 21. I a. where cause is given,

    to punish

    for something :-- Wæs sum leódscipe þe God wolde gewítnian for heora gewitleásum dǽdum,
      Hml. S. 13, 274.

  • Gode ic hæbbe ábolgen; for þon ic þus bittre wearð gewítnad,

      Hy. 4, 79.

  • Þá þe gewítnode beóð for hiora scyldum,

      Ps. Th. 44, 16: Bt. 39, 11; F. 230, 6. I b.
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  • Wommum gewítnad,

      B. 3073.

  • Mid deáðe gewítnedra

    morti punitorum,

      Ps. Vos. 78, 11.
in a clause
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  • God gewítnode ealle his wimmen, swa þæt heora nán ne mihte habban ǽnig cild,

      Gen. 20, 18.
to punish, chastise a fault
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  • Ne cann Drihten leahtras, ac hé gewítnað leahtras,

      Hml. Th. ii. 574, 4.

  • Biþ gewí[t]nod

    multabitur,

      An. Ox. 7, 71. II a.
Etymology
[O. Sax. gi-wítnón: O. H. Ger. ge-wízinón mulctare, torquere, affligere.]
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v. un*-*gewítnod.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wítnian.” 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/50555.

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