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witan, <b>. I</b> I.
Wright's OE grammar
§1; §19; §30; §48; §96; §102; §133; §212; §213; §225; §232; §240; §263; §267; §298; §476; §540;
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  • Þonne hit lǽsse is tó witenne þonne hit sý eác tó bodianne

    cum minus sit nosse, quam etiam pronuntiare,

      Gr. D. 138, 2.
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  • Ðæt gé magon witan eówerne Scyppend mid sóðum geleáfan,

      Hex. 2, 9.
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  • Hé wát hine sylfne on synnum tó fúlne,

      Wlfst. 38, 15.

  • Mid þý þá heó þone munuc þǽr wiste,

      Hml. S. 33, 62.
  • Ánne cniht þone þe heó getreówost wiste, 94.

  • Se mon sé þe his gefán hámsittendne wite,

      Ll. Th. i. 90, 3.
with gen. , cf. nytan
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  • Ꝥ is lǽsse, ꝥ man wite gehwæt hwylces, þonne ꝥ sý, ꝥ his man wite and eác bodie,

      Gr. D. 138, 4.

  • Hit is earfoð tó witane þára biscopa þe þǽr tó cómon,

      Chr. 1050; P. 170, 26.
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  • Hwylc man is þe his gewit wát. . .

    quis si sanum sapiat,

      Gr. D. 321, 14.

  • Wíf ic lǽrde ꝥ hié heora weras lufedan and him ege tó wíston,

      Bl. H. 185, 23.

  • Hú mycelne ege wé sceolon witan (hú micel ege sí tó hæbbenne, v.l.) tó þám hálgum werum

    quantis sit viris sanctis timor exhibendus,

      Gr. D. 63, 6.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “witan.” 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/60630.

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