wita
one who knows ⬩ a person of understanding or learning ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one able to give counsel ⬩ a counsellor ⬩ one able to give counsel in affairs of state ⬩ one who takes part in the councils of a nation ⬩ a leading man ⬩ an elder ⬩ a chief person ⬩ senior ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ a witness ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one professing supernatural knowledge
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Hé ofslóg ealle ða witan (in Thrace), Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 114, 20. Créca witan, Met. 1, 66. Ða rícostan Rómána witan, 9, 25. Grammar wita, in reference to England.
wita
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</b> add :-- Witan hym (the king) sceolan rǽdan, O. E. Hml. i. 301, l. Add Þá geþafode ꝥ se ealda wita ( senex ) and lǽdde þone cniht mid him tó þám mynstre, Gr. D. 242, 22. Witum senioribus (Mt. 16, 21), An. Ox. 61, 19.
eald-wita
One old or eminent in knowledge, a priest
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One old or eminent in knowledge, a priest; þresby̆ter Presbiter is mæsse-preóst oððe eald-wita; ná ðæt ǽlc eald sý, ac ðæt he eald sý on wísdóme presbyter is the mass-priest or one eminent in knowledge; not that every one is old, but that he is old in
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lah-wita
a lawyer
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One who has a knowledge of law, a lawyer Cyningan and bisceopan eorlan and heretogan geréfan and déman lárwitan and lahwitan gedafenaþ mid rihte ðæt hí Godes riht lufian it rightly befits kings and bishops, nobles and generals, sheriffs and judges, those
leód-wita
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A man of intelligence in a people Ðá wǽron þeódwitan [leódwitan, MS. H.] weorþscipes wyrþe, eorl and ceorl, þegen and þeóden, L. R. 1; Th. i. 190, 12. v. Grmm. R. A. 267
ǽ-wita
One skilled in the law ⬩ a counsellor ⬩ legis peritus ⬩ consiliarius
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One skilled in the law, a counsellor; legis peritus, consiliarius Ealdum ǽwitan ageaf andsware gave answer to the old counsellor, Elen. Kmbl. 907; El. 455
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rún-wita
a privy councillor, ⬩ a sage
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a privy councillor, one acquainted with a person's secrets Deád is Æschere mínrúnwita and mín rǽdbora, Beo. Th. 2654; B. 1325. one acquainted with mysteries, a sage Róf rúnwita ( Guthlac), Exon. Th. 167, 30; Gú. 1068
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
lár-wita
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A learned man Lárwitan and lahwitan, L. I. P. 5: Th. ii. 308, 14
Angel-wita
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an English 'wita' Be Angolwitena gerédnesse. Ll. -Lbmn. 236, 19
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
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.
rǽd-wita
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Substitute: one wise in counsel, one of the leading men of a country, one of the 'witan' Cyningas and rǽdwitan forwyrþan reges et principes peribunt, Archiv cxx. 297, 31.
þeód-wita
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Cf. leód-wita
ge-wita
One who is cognisant of anything ⬩ a witness ⬩ an accessory ⬩ testis ⬩ conscius
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Wildeóra gewita one who has the same knowledge [wit] as the beasts [Grein and Bouterwek write gewíta = socius], Cd. 206; Th. 255, 14; Dan. 624
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
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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
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