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Adjective [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈbiləˌhwiːt/, /ˈbiləˌwit/ Forms: bilewitte [alternative], bilehwit [alternative], bilewhit [alternative]
Etymology: From a conflation of Old English bilewit (“innocent, simple”) and bilehwīt (“simple, honest, sincere”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|bilewit||innocent, simple}} Old English bilewit (“innocent, simple”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{comp2}}}||{{{3}}}||{{{sup2}}}|f3l=|f5l=|head=}} bilewit, {{enm-adj}} bilewit
  1. simple, innocent Related terms: bilewitnesse
    Sense id: en-bilewit-enm-adj-79fzEMqA Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 93 0 7 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 0 6 0 0

Adjective [Old English]

IPA: /ˈbi.le.wit/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *biliwiti (“gentle-minded”). Related to Middle High German bilwiz (“genius, mischievous person, goblin, witch”), unbil (“unbecoming, improper”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*biliwiti|id=gentle|t=gentle-minded}} Proto-West Germanic *biliwiti (“gentle-minded”), {{cog|gmh|bilwiz||genius, mischievous person, goblin, witch}} Middle High German bilwiz (“genius, mischievous person, goblin, witch”) Head templates: {{ang-adj|sup=bilewitust}} bilewit (superlative bilewitust) Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|bilewit|short=1}} Forms: bilewitust [superlative], strong [table-tags], bilewit [masculine, nominative, singular], bilewitu [feminine, nominative, singular], bilewito [feminine, nominative, singular], bilewit [neuter, nominative, singular], bilewitne [accusative, masculine, singular], bilewite [accusative, feminine, singular], bilewit [accusative, neuter, singular], bilewites [genitive, masculine, singular], bilewitre [feminine, genitive, singular], bilewites [genitive, neuter, singular], bilewitum [dative, masculine, singular], bilewitre [dative, feminine, singular], bilewitum [dative, neuter, singular], bilewite [instrumental, masculine, singular], bilewitre [feminine, instrumental, singular], bilewite [instrumental, neuter, singular], bilewite [masculine, nominative, plural], bilewita [feminine, nominative, plural], bilewite [feminine, nominative, plural], bilewitu [neuter, nominative, plural], bilewito [neuter, nominative, plural], bilewite [accusative, masculine, plural], bilewita [accusative, feminine, plural], bilewite [accusative, feminine, plural], bilewitu [accusative, neuter, plural], bilewito [accusative, neuter, plural], bilewitra [genitive, masculine, plural], bilewitra [feminine, genitive, plural], bilewitra [genitive, neuter, plural], bilewitum [dative, masculine, plural], bilewitum [dative, feminine, plural], bilewitum [dative, neuter, plural], bilewitum [instrumental, masculine, plural], bilewitum [feminine, instrumental, plural], bilewitum [instrumental, neuter, plural], weak [table-tags], bilewita [masculine, nominative, singular], bilewite [feminine, nominative, singular], bilewite [neuter, nominative, singular], bilewitan [accusative, masculine, singular], bilewitan [accusative, feminine, singular], bilewite [accusative, neuter, singular], bilewitan [genitive, masculine, singular], bilewitan [feminine, genitive, singular], bilewitan [genitive, neuter, singular], bilewitan [dative, masculine, singular], bilewitan [dative, feminine, singular], bilewitan [dative, neuter, singular], bilewitan [instrumental, masculine, singular], bilewitan [feminine, instrumental, singular], bilewitan [instrumental, neuter, singular], bilewitan [masculine, nominative, plural], bilewitan [feminine, nominative, plural], bilewitan [neuter, nominative, plural], bilewitan [accusative, masculine, plural], bilewitan [accusative, feminine, plural], bilewitan [accusative, neuter, plural], bilewitra [genitive, masculine, plural], bilewitena [genitive, masculine, plural], bilewitra [feminine, genitive, plural], bilewitena [feminine, genitive, plural], bilewitra [genitive, neuter, plural], bilewitena [genitive, neuter, plural], bilewitum [dative, masculine, plural], bilewitum [dative, feminine, plural], bilewitum [dative, neuter, plural], bilewitum [instrumental, masculine, plural], bilewitum [feminine, instrumental, plural], bilewitum [instrumental, neuter, plural], belewit [alternative], bilewet [alternative], bylewit [alternative], bylwet [alternative], bylwit [alternative], bylywit [alternative]
  1. innocent, simple
    Sense id: en-bilewit-ang-adj-4wJv8PUf
  2. calm, gentle
    Sense id: en-bilewit-ang-adj-hbybOx~v
  3. merciful, gracious
    Sense id: en-bilewit-ang-adj-Va5GYT~L Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 15 2 32 47 4
  4. plausible
    Sense id: en-bilewit-ang-adj-LKp1765S
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bilewitnes Related terms: bilehwīt

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
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    {
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    {
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        {
          "english": "At that time there was a certain servant living in Northumbria, called Drihtelm, who was innocent of mind, temperate of character, righteous in life, and instructed his household on how to do the same.",
          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nOn ðām tīman wæs sum þėgen Drihtelm ġehāten, on Norðhymbra lande, bilewite on andgyte, ġemetegod on ðēawum, ārfæst on līfe, and his hīwrǣdene tō ðām ylcan ġewissode.",
          "translation": "At that time there was a certain servant living in Northumbria, called Drihtelm, who was innocent of mind, temperate of character, righteous in life, and instructed his household on how to do the same.",
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          "_dis": "15 2 32 47 4",
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}
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      "ipa": "/ˈbiləˌwit/"
    }
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}

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      "form": "bilewitra",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "bilewitra",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "bilewitra",
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "bilewitum",
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    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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    },
    {
      "form": "bilewite",
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        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilewite",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bilewitan",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilewitan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
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    {
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        "accusative",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "bilewitan",
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        "singular"
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    },
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "singular"
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    {
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bilewitan",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    {
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    {
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    },
    {
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        "plural"
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    {
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "bilewitra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilewitena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "bilewitra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilewitena",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "bilewitra",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilewitena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilewitum",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilewitum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilewitum",
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        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bilewitum",
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        "instrumental",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilewitum",
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        "feminine",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilewitum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "belewit",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilewet",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylewit",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylwet",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylwit",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylywit",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "sup": "bilewitust"
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "word": "bilehwīt"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "At that time there was a certain servant living in Northumbria, called Drihtelm, who was innocent of mind, temperate of character, righteous in life, and instructed his household on how to do the same.",
          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nOn ðām tīman wæs sum þėgen Drihtelm ġehāten, on Norðhymbra lande, bilewite on andgyte, ġemetegod on ðēawum, ārfæst on līfe, and his hīwrǣdene tō ðām ylcan ġewissode.",
          "translation": "At that time there was a certain servant living in Northumbria, called Drihtelm, who was innocent of mind, temperate of character, righteous in life, and instructed his household on how to do the same.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "innocent, simple"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "calm, gentle"
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        [
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          "calm"
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        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "merciful, gracious"
      ],
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          "merciful",
          "merciful"
        ],
        [
          "gracious",
          "gracious"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "plausible"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "plausible"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbi.le.wit/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bilewit"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.