wiþ-foran
Before
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Before Hé feaht him wiðforan, Jos. 8, 22. Hé ofirnþ ða sunnan hindan, and cymþ wiþforan ða sunnan up, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 2. ¶ wiþ . . . foran Ðone mist ðe wið ða eágan foran usses módes (cf. beforan úres módes eágum, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 32) hangode
eald-wita
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Substitute: An elder, senior, principal person. v. wita, Presbiter is mæssepreóst oððe ealdwita; ná ðæt ǽlc eald sý presbiter is priest or senior; not that each is old in years, Ll. Th. ii. 348, 20.
þeód-wita
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Cf. leód-wita
wíteg-dóm
prophecy ⬩ divination
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prophecy Ðæt sié gefylled wítigdóm (prophetia) Essaies, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 14. Ðæt uítgadóm and allra canóne cuido ða ðe ymb Cristes ðroung ácueden uæs ł wéron, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 30 margin. divination Ne meahte seó manigeo þurh wítigdóm wihte áþencean
witum-bora
A bridesman ⬩ paranymphus
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A bridesman; paranymphus, Hpt. Gl. 448, 25
fyrn-wita
An ancient sage ⬩ old counsellor ⬩ prophet ⬩ antīquus săpiens
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An ancient sage, old counsellor, prophet; antīquus săpiens Fród fyrnwiota a wise old counsellor, Elen. Kmbl. 875; El. 438. Dauid cyning, fród fyrnweota king David, the prudent prophet, 685; El. 343. Wæs fródan fyrnwitan feorh úþgenge life was departed
gearo-wita
Intellect ⬩ understanding ⬩ intelligentia ⬩ intellectus
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Intellect, understanding; intelligentia, intellectus Ðeáh we fela smeán, we habbaþ litellne gearowitan búton tweón though we contemplate many things, we have little understanding free from doubt, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 254, 10 : 39, 8; Fox 224, 4
Linked entry: -wita
ge-wita
One who is cognisant of anything ⬩ a witness ⬩ an accessory ⬩ testis ⬩ conscius
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One who is cognisant of anything, a witness, an accessory; testis, conscius Gewita testis, Wrt. Voc. 76, 21. Ælmihtig drihten ðe is ealra þinga gewita the Lord Almighty that is cognisant of all things, Lchdm. iii. 436, 20. Ðisæs is Oda gewita of this
burg-wíta
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and add Burhwita urbanus, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 44. Burhwita (printed -sita) vel burhman urbanus, 34, 32. Þis cýdde se bisceop þám burhwiton on Exanceastre, Cht. Crw. 9, 130
gearo-wita
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Swilce sió smeáung and sió gesceádwísnes is tó metanne wiþ þone gearowitan uti est ad intellectum ratiocinatio, Bt. F. 224, 4. Add
un-wita
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[U]nw[i]t[a]n stolidi, An. Ox. 56, 229. Add
úþ-wita
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Weoruldlice úðwitan (sapientes mundi) sǽdan ꝥ seó tunglene heofon feólle for hire swiftnysse gif þá seofon dweligendan steorran hyre ryne ne wiðhæfton, Angl. vii. 12, 110. Add
un-wita
A foolish, stupid, witless person ⬩ a fool
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A foolish, stupid, witless person, a fool Se unwita insipiens, Ps. Lamb. 13, 1. Eorp unwita, Exon. Th. 433, 21; Rä. 50, 11. Gebíg fram unwitan (insensato) and ðú ná wiþerast on stuntnysse his, Scint. 188, 11. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc tó sinoðe gefædne
wiþ-winnan
To strive against ⬩ resist
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To strive against, resist Went hé mid ealle cræfte ongén ðæs óðres geðyld, ðe him ðonne giet wiðwind (eum obsistentem fortiter ), Past. 33; Swt. 227, 7. Eallum his wordum hí wiðcwǽdon and wiþwunnan cunctis quae dicebat contradicere laborabant, Bd. 2,
deófol-wítga
A devil prophet, soothsayer, wizard ⬩ vates diabolĭcus, magus
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A devil prophet, soothsayer, wizard; vates diabolĭcus, magus Him andswaredon deófolwítgan the soothsayers answered him, Cd. 178; Th. 223, 31; Dan. 128
Linked entry: wítega
wit
right mind ⬩ wits ⬩ wit ⬩ intelligence ⬩ understanding ⬩ the mind
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right mind, wits Wóde hé gehǽlde, and on witte gebróhte, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 7. wit, intelligence, understanding Ðæs ðú scealt werhðo dreógan, þeáh ðín wit duge, Beo. Th. 1183; B. 589. the mind Ðeós gítsunc hafaþ gumena gehwelces mód ámerred, ðæt hé
heáh-wita
A chief councillor
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A chief councillor Férde se cyng him hám and ða ealdormenn and ða heáhwitan the king went home and the aldermen and the chief 'witan,' Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 10
leód-wita
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Add: cf. þeód-wita
wiþ-metan
To compare
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To compare Wið*-*meteþ equiperat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 70: 31, 23. Hine wiðmete equat, 31, 49. Wiðmeten is confertur, 19, 27. Wiþmeten comparatus, assimilatus, 132, 77. Bión wiðmetene comparari, Kent. Gl. 42: 1023. Grammar wiþ-metan, with dat. Hwylcum
Linked entry: wiþer-metan
scír-wita
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A chief man (wita, q. v. ) of a shire Béte ðæt, swá se scírbisceop and eal scírwitan déman. Wulfst. 173, 30. Gebéte ðæt, swá scírewitan geceósan, 172, 4