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1. ed-wīt n.

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(a) Reproach, censure, insult; an insult or taunt; (b) scorn, shame. …

2. wanwit n.

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Foolish conduct; also, lack of prudence or sense. …

3. witlī adj.

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Wise, sensible. …

4. witted adj.

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(a) Possessed of intelligence or understanding (b) in combs. with adjectives and adverbs: cler (fel, gret, heighe, sharp, sotilli, wel, wise, worthli) witted, intelligent; acute; dul witted, slow of……

5. ǒutwit n.

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Sg. and pl. External powers of perception; bodily senses. …

6. want-wit n.

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A person who lacks sense. …

7. wit pron.

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As subj. of a verb or an implied verb: (a) we two, the two of us; (b) wit (…) bo, wit bothe, wit twein, both (the two) of us; wit…unk-self, we…ourselves. …

8. iwitted adj.

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Having wits; wel iwitted, intelligent. …

9. inwit n.

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(a) Mind, reason, intellect, comprehension, understanding; (b) at (bi, in, to) min inwit, to my way of thinking, to my mind. …

10. self-witte n.

Additional spellings: selfwitte
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One's own knowledge and intelligence. …

11. unwit n.

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Foolishness, folly; lack of knowledge or understanding, ignorance; unreason; also, inattentiveness [quot. a1450]; also, an instance of ignorance, folly, etc. …

12. unker pron.

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(a) As poss. adj.: of us two, our; also, in the charge, control, or possession of us two; (b) in partitive construction: whether unker, which of us two; whichever of us two. …

13. unk pron.

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(a) As direct obj. of a verb: us two, the two of us; also, as indirect obj.: to the two of us; unk bothe, us both (b) as obj. of a prep.: us two, us both; unk two, unk bo (bothe); (c) as refl.: our……

14. witful adj.

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Of a person: wise, sagacious; of skill, words, a stratagem, etc.: wise; cunning, ingenious. …

15. witen v.(2)

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(a) To bestow (sth.), confer (b) to bequeath (sth.); ?ppl. wittinge as noun: ?a legatee; ?an executor; (c) to commit (one’s soul to God, the Virgin Mary, etc.); also, make arrangements for the……

16. witlī adv.

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(a) Wisely, prudently; (b) skillfully, intelligently. …

17. wit n.

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(a) The mind as the seat of thought, consciousness, etc.; thought; also, the mind of God (b) mental disposition, spirit; (c) the mental capacity or inclination to do something; an inclination; wit……

18. with prep.

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Directly opposite to (sth.) in space or location, facing over against; face with face, mouth with mouth, neb with neb, face to face; fighten honde with honde, to fight hand to hand, fight in close……

19. hā̆thel n.

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(a) Man, warrior; also, nobleman; ertheli hathel, hathel under heven, a mortal man; (b) used of God. …

20. bile-whīt adj.

Additional spellings: bilewhit
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Pure in heart, virtuous; kind, gentle. …

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