witan

From Old English witan, plural of wita (“wise man”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪtən/

witan (plural witans)

1. The Anglo-Saxon national council or witenagemot.
   • 1833, S. A. Dunham, Europe in the Middle Ages (Green & Longman), page 48:

     But in estimating the powers of the witan, we must not lose sight of the fact, that the king sometimes assumes a tone of superiority scarcely consistent with its independence.

• Antwi, TWAIN, Twain, Wiant, twain, waint

witan

1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽

From Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde, originally a perfect form of *weyd- (“see”).

witan

1. to know

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Middle Dutch: wēten
  • Dutch: weten
    • Afrikaans: weet
  • Limburgish: weite, wiete

• “witan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-Germanic *wītaną.

wītan

1. to blame, to hold accountable

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• farwītan

• Middle Dutch: witen
  • Dutch: wijten
  • Limburgish: wiete

• “wītan (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• ƿitan, weotan

From Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde, originally a perfect form of *weyd- (“see”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwitɑn/

witan

1. (West Saxon) to know, be aware of

   Iċ wāt þæt iċ nāt nāwiht.

   I know that I know nothing.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric's Lives of Saints

     Iċ wāt eall be þām.

     I know all about that.

2. (West Saxon) to be wise
3. (West Saxon) to be conscious of, to know or feel (an emotion etc.)

• bewitan
• fōrewitan
• nytan

• ġewiss
• wīs

• Middle English: witen, witten
  • Scots: wit
  • English: wit, weet, wot

From Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Cognate with Old Norse víta, Dutch wijten.

• IPA^(key): /wiːtɑn/

wītan

1. to blame, accuse, reproach

• English: wite

See the etymology of the main entry.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwitɑn/

witan

1. nominative plural of wita

From Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde, originally a perfect form of *weyd- (“see”).

witan (3 singular present wēt, 3 singular preterite wissa, preterite plural wissun, no past participle)

1. to know

• Middle Low German: wēten, wetten
  • German Low German: wetten, wieten

From Proto-Germanic *wītaną.

wītan (3 singular present wītid, 3 singular preterite wēt, preterite plural witun, past participle giwitan)

1. to reproach, to blame