"wit" meaning in Old High German

See wit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: wīt [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *wīdaz, whence also Old Saxon wīt, Old English wīd and Old Norse víðr. Etymology templates: {{etymon|goh|:inh|gem-pro:*wīdaz}}, {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*wīdaz}} Proto-Germanic *wīdaz, {{cog|osx|wīt}} Old Saxon wīt, {{cog|ang|wīd}} Old English wīd, {{cog|non|víðr}} Old Norse víðr Head templates: {{head|goh|adjective|head=wīt}} wīt
  1. wide
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              "lang_code": "lb",
              "sense": "far",
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            },
            {
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              "word": "weit"
            }
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          "word": "weck"
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            }
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            }
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          "word": "weit"
        },
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          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "lang_code": "yi",
          "roman": "vayt",
          "word": "ווײַט"
        }
      ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Old English wīd",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
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    }
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
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        },
        {
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          "word": "weit"
        },
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          "lang_code": "yi",
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          "word": "ווײַט"
        }
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      },
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      },
      "expansion": "Old English wīd",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "2": "víðr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse víðr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old High German lemmas",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old High German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-",
        "Old High German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁weydʰh₁-",
        "Old High German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *dwóh₁",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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  ],
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}

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