wite

Senses

1. punishment

2. penalty, fine

3. torment

   Ā iċ wīte won mīnra wræcsīþa.

   I always borne the yearning of my exile-ways.

   10th century, The Wife's Lament:

4. plague

   Þæt fīfte wīte wæs cwealm on heora orfe, swā þæt on ðām lande fornēan nān orf ne belāf, buton Israheles bē ānsund ġestōd.

   The fifth plague was a pestilence among their livestock, such that in the land almost no livestock were left, except for those of Israel, who remained healthy.

   Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension · strong ja-stem

Senses

1. inflection of witan:; singular present subjunctive

2. inflection of witan:; singular imperative

3. Inflected form of witan