Definitions For Wite

Noun

{{ang-noun, head=wīte, n, wītu}} punishment, torment penalty, fine

Declension

{{ang-decl-noun-ja-n, wīt}}

Derived terms

{{der-top4}} {{l, ang, ānwīte, , single fine}} {{l, ang, bisceopwīte, , fine payable to a bishop, a bishop's fee for visiting}} {{l, ang, blōdwīte, , blood-offering}} {{l, ang, dolwīte, , punishment for audacity, temerity or fool-hardiness}} {{l, ang, edwītan}}, {{l, ang, edwītian, , to reproach edwite}} {{l, ang, edwīt, , reproach, shame, disgrace, scorn, abuse edwit}} {{l, ang, edwītful, , disgraceful}} {{l, ang, edwītfullic, , disgraceful}} {{l, ang, edwītfullīce, , disgracefully}} {{l, ang, edwītlīf, , life of dishonor}} {{l, ang, edwītscipe, , disgrace, shame}} {{l, ang, edwītspreca, , scoffer}} {{l, ang, edwītsprǣc, , scorn}} {{l, ang, edwītstæf, , reproach, disgrace}} {{der-mid4}} {{l, ang, feohtwīte, , penalty for fighting}} {{l, ang, feohwīte, , fine for coining false money}} {{l, ang, fyrdwīte, , fine for evading military service}} {{l, ang, gafolhwītel, , tribute-blanket, a legal tender instead of coin for the rent of a hide of land}} {{l, ang, gyltwīte}}, {{l, ang, gyldwīte, , fine for unpaid tax}} {{l, ang, gyrdwīte, , affliction caused by a rod (used of Moses' rod)}} {{l, ang, hangwīte, , penally for miscarriage of justice hangwite}} {{l, ang, hellewītebrōga, , horror of hell-torment}} {{l, ang, hellewīte, , the torments of hell}} {{l, ang, hengwīte, , fine for not detaining an offender}} {{l, ang, legerwīte, , fine for unlawful cohabitation lairwite}} {{l, ang, nēadwīte, , inevitable punishment}} {{l, ang, orwīge}}, {{l, ang, orwīte, , not fighting, unwarlike, cowardly: not liable to the legal consequences (of homicide)}} {{l, ang, sċyldwīte, , fine for a crime of violence}} {{der-mid4}} {{l, ang, sorgwīte, , grievous torment}} {{l, ang, unwītnigendlīce, , without punishment, with impunity}} {{l, ang, unwītnod, , unpunished}} {{l, ang, unwītnung, , impunity}} {{l, ang, weardwīte, , penalty for not keeping guard}} {{l, ang, wītebend, , bonds of torture or punishment}} {{l, ang, wītebrōga, , tormenting dread}} {{l, ang, wītefæst, , penally enslaved}} {{l, ang, wītehrægl, , penitential garb, sackcloth}} {{l, ang, wītehūs, , torture-house, prison, hell: amphitheatre (as place of torture and martyrdom)}} {{l, ang, wītelāc, , punishment}} {{l, ang, wītelēast, , freedom from punishment or fine}} {{l, ang, wītelēas, , without punishment or fine}} {{l, ang, wītern, , prison}} {{der-mid4}} {{l, ang, wīterǣden, , punishment, fine}} {{l, ang, wītescræf, , pit of torment, hell}} {{l, ang, wītesteng, , pole used for torture}} {{l, ang, wītestōw, , place of torment or execution}} {{l, ang, wīteswing, , scourging, punishment}} {{l, ang, wītetōl, , instrument of torture}} {{l, ang, wīteþēow, , man reduced to slavery by the law}} {{l, ang, wītiglic, , punitive, of punishment}} {{l, ang, wītingstōw}}, {{l, ang, wītnungstōw, , place of punishment, purgatory}} {{l, ang, witnian, , to punish, chastise, torture, afflict}} {{l, ang, wītnigend, , punitor, punisher}} {{l, ang, wītnung, , torment, torture, punishment, purgatory}} {{l, ang, ætwītan, , to reproach (with), censure, taunt atwite}} {{der-bottom}}

Descendants

{{desc, la, wīta}}

Etymology 1

From Middle English wīten, , to accuse, reproach, punish, suspect, {{inh, en, ang, wītan, , to look, behold, see, guard, keep, impute or ascribe to, accuse, reproach, blame}}, from {{inh, en, gmw-pro, wītan}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, *wītaną}}. Connected to Old English wīte, see below.

Alternative forms

wyte

Verb

wit (chiefly, Scotland) To blame; regard as guilty, fault, accuse To reproach, censure, mulct To observe, keep, guard, preserve, protect

Etymology 2

From Middle English wite, t=guilt, blameworthiness, blame, wrongdoing, misdeed, offense, punishment, retribution, fine, bote, customary rent, from {{inh, en, ang, wīte, t=punishment, pain, torment}}, from {{inh, en, gmw-pro, wītī}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, *wītiją}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *weyd-, t=to see, find, behold}}.

Noun

WITE (plural WITEs) (obsolete, outside, Scotland) blame, blame, responsibility, guilt. punishment, punishment, penalty, fine, bote, mulct.

Etymology 3

From Middle English witen, from {{inh, en, ang, wītan, t=to see, accuse, go, depart}}, from {{inh, en, gmw-pro, wītan}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, *wītaną}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *weyd-, t=to see, find, behold}}.

Verb

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

References

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Old English

Alternative forms

{{alter, ang, ƿite, , wynn spelling}}

Etymology

From {{inh, ang, gmw-pro, wītī}}, from {{inh, ang, gem-pro, *wītiją, t=punishment}}. Cognate with {{cog, ofs, wīte}}, {{cog, osx, wīti}}, {{cog, nl, wijte}}, {{cog, goh, wīzi}}, {{cog, non, víti}}.