Old English · noun
wita
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈwi.tɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈwi · tɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- knowercompoundsadvisor
Meaning
-
wise person; (especially in compounds) knower
wintra dǣl in woruldrīċe. · Wita sċeal ġeþyldiġ.
thus a man cannot become wise, before he would own a part of years in world-kingdom. A wise man must be patient.
forþon ne mæġ wearþan wīs · wer, ǣr hē āge -
advisor
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *witō. Cognate with Old Frisian wita, Old Saxon *wito (attested in giwito “witness”), and Old High German wizzo. Equivalent to witan + -a.
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