Old English · noun
witnes
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- IPA
- /ˈwit.nes/
- Syllables
- ˈwit · nes (2 syllables)
Meaning
witness
Etymology
From witt (knowledge, wisdom) + -nes (-ness), akin to Old Norse vitni (whence the Danish vidne and Norwegian Bokmål vitne) and Gothic (weitwōþs).
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