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Etymology 1

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From Middle English wīten (to accuse, reproach, punish, suspect), Old English wītan (to look, behold, see, guard, keep, impute or ascribe to, accuse, reproach, blame), from Proto-West Germanic *wītan, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Connected to Old English wīte, see below.

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Verb

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wite (third-person singular simple present wites, present participle witing, simple past and past participle wited) (transitive, archaic or obsolete)

  1. (chiefly Scotland) To regard (someone) as guilty, to accuse, to blame, to fault.
  2. To censure (someone); to mulct, to reproach.
  3. To guard (something); to keep, to observe, preserve, protect.

Etymology 2

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From Middle English wite (guilt, blameworthiness, blame, wrongdoing, misdeed, offense, punishment, retribution, fine, bote, customary rent), from Old English wīte (punishment, pain, torment), from Proto-West Germanic *wītī, from Proto-Germanic *wītiją, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (to see, find, behold).

Noun

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wite (plural wites)

  1. (obsolete outside Scotland) Blame, responsibility, guilt.
  2. Punishment, penalty, fine, bote, mulct.

Etymology 3

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From Middle English witen, from Old English wītan (to see, accuse, go, depart), from Proto-West Germanic *wītan, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (to see, find, behold).

Verb

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wite (third-person singular simple present wites, present participle witing, simple past and past participle wited)

  1. (obsolete or poetic) To go, go away, depart, perish, vanish

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  • Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Middle English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old English wīte, from Proto-West Germanic *wītī, from Proto-Germanic *wītiją.

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Noun

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wite (plural wites)

  1. punishment, retribution
Descendants
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  • English: wite
  • Yola: lotherwite
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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wite

  1. Alternative form of whit

Muna

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀtaq.

Noun

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wite

  1. earth
  2. soil
  3. land

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *wītī, from Proto-Germanic *wītiją. Cognate with Old Frisian wīte, Old Saxon wīti, Old High German wīzi, Old Norse víti.

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Noun

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wīte n (nominative plural wītu)

  1. punishment
  2. penalty, fine
  3. torment

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Medieval Latin: wīta

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.tɛ/
  • Rhymes: -itɛ
  • Syllabification: wi‧te

Participle

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wite

  1. inflection of wity:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
    2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Scots

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Verb

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wite

  1. Alternative form of wyte

West Frisian

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Verb

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wite

  1. Alternative form of witte

Inflection

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Strong class 1
infinitive wite
3rd singular past wiet
past participle witen
infinitive wite
long infinitive witen
gerund witen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular wyt wiet
2nd singular wytst wietst
3rd singular wyt wiet
plural wite wieten
imperative wyt
participles witend witen