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feoht-wíte

(n.)

a fine for fighting

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a fine for fighting

fiht-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
fiht-wíte, es; n.

A fine for fightingpugnæ mulcta

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A fine for fighting; pugnæ mulcta He áh fihtwíte he has fines for fighting, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 3, note 6, MS. B

Linked entry: fyht-wíte

folc-wita

(n.)
Grammar
folc-wita, an; m.

A senatorpublĭcus consĭliārius

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A senator; publĭcus consĭliārius Sum biþ folcwira one is a senator, Exon. 79b; Th. 297, 33; Crä. 77

nǽnig-wiht

(adv.)
Grammar
nǽnig-wiht, adv.

Nothingnotnot at all

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Nothing, not, not at all Andreas nǽnigwuht ðú gefirnodest Andrew, thou host nothing sinned, And. 10, 20

ni-wiht

(pronoun.)

nothing

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nothing Tó niwihte ad nihilum, Ps. Surt. 59, 14

ó-wiht

(n.; pronoun.)

Similar entry: á-wiht

rǽd-wita

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-wita, an; m.
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A counsellor, one wise in counsel Ríce rǽdwitan, Dom. L. 18, 298

ge-wita

Grammar
ge-wita, <b>; I 1 a.</b>
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Gewita hira lífes drohtnunge testis uite eorum, Chrd. 54, 35. Add

full-wiht

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Ðá hwíle ðe fulwiht stondan móte, Txts. 175, 17: 13. Add

bisceop-wíte

(n.)

a bishop's fee for visiting

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a bishop's fee for visiting

stig-wita

(n.)
Grammar
stig-wita, an ; m.
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An officer of a household (v. stig) Ða ðe Sodoma and Gomorra golde berófan bestrudon stigwitum those who robbed Sodom and Gomorrah of gold, despoiled their houses of officers, Cd. Th. 125, 14 ; Gen. 2079. Weallas beofiaþ ofer stíwiturn the walls tremble

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stí-wita

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weorold-wita

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wita, an ; m.
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A secular or lay councillor Gif feohbót áríseþ, swá swá wise woroldwitan tó steóre gesettan, L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 5. Wíse eác wǽron woroldwitan ðe ǽrest gesettan tó godcundan rihtlagan worldlaga, vii. 24; Th. i. 334, 21. Worldwitan, ix. 348, 13

wíte-bend

(n.)

a torturing bonda prison-bond

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a torturing bond, a prison-bond Ðé wǽrlogan wítebendum swencan móton, Andr. Kmbl. 216; An. 108. Wé ellþeódigne on carcerne clommum belegdon, wítebendum, 3120; An. 1563

wíte-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-fæst, adj.

In slavery as a punishment for crime.

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In slavery as a punishment for crime. Similar entries v. wíteþeów Hé wyle ðæt man freóge æfter his dæge ǽlcne wítefæstne man ðe on his tíman forgylt wǽre si quis, secundum patriae Anglie morem, in aliquam incurrisset servitutem tempore sue potestatis

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wiþo-bend

(n.)

wood-bine

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wood-bine Nim weoþobend, Lchdm. ii. 312, 12

Linked entry: weoðo-bend

wíte-þeów

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-þeów, adj.

In slavery as a consequence of crime

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In slavery as a consequence of crime Be wíteðeówes monnes slege. Gif wíteþeów Englisc mon hine forstalie, hó hine mon, L. In. 24; Th. i. 118, 6. Gif ðǽr hwylc wíteðeów man sý ðe hió geðeówede, hió gelýfð tó hyre bearnon ðæt hí hine willon lýhtan for

blód-wíte

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el-wiht

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ge-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wíte, es; n.
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Punishment, torment Þæt hé him ásecge on hwilcum gewíte ic eom, Solil. H. 68, 5