witan

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɪtən/

Noun

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.

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

witan

  1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽

Old Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

witan

  1. to know

Descendants

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwitɑn/

Verb

witan

  1. (West Saxon) to know, be aware
  2. (West Saxon) to be wise
  3. (West Saxon) to be conscious of, to know or feel (an emotion etc.)
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wiːtɑn/

Verb

wītan

  1. to blame, accuse, reproach
Conjugation
Descendants

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwitɑn/

Noun

witan

  1. nominative plural of wita

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

  1. to know
Conjugation
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wītaną.

Verb

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

  1. to reproach, to blame
Conjugation
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