Middle English Dictionary Entry
self-witte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | self-witte n. |
| Etymology | From self adj., n., & pron. & wit n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One's own knowledge and intelligence.
Associated quotations
- c1425 Mirror LM&W (Hrl 45)226/38-227/2 : Leue þi selfwitte & bowe þe to hem þat be more witty þan þou; And specialliche men schulde leue her silfwitte & her owne vnderstondynge in þe articles of þe feith & mekeliche putte hem in þe seruice of þe bileue.