wita in Old English

IPA: /ˈwi.tɑ/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *witō. Cognate with Old Frisian wita, Old Saxon *wito (attested in giwito “witness”), and Old High German wizzo. Equivalent to witan + -a. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*witō}} Proto-West Germanic *witō, {{cog|ofs|wita}} Old Frisian wita, {{cog|osx|*wito}} Old Saxon *wito, {{m|osx|giwito}} giwito, {{cog|goh|wizzo}} Old High German wizzo, {{suffix|ang|witan|a|id2=agent noun}} witan + -a Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} wita m, {{ang-noun|m}} wita m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|wit}}, {{ang-decl-noun|wita|witan|witan|witan|witan|witena|witan|witum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: weak [table-tags], wita [nominative, singular], witan [nominative, plural], witan [accusative, singular], witan [accusative, plural], witan [genitive, singular], witena [genitive, plural], witan [dative, singular], witum [dative, plural]

Inflected forms

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "witness",
      "word": "ġewita"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "idiot",
      "word": "unwita"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "philosopher",
      "word": "ūþwita"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "king's council",
      "word": "witena ġemōt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*witō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *witō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "wita"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian wita",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "*wito"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon *wito",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "giwito"
      },
      "expansion": "giwito",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wizzo"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wizzo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "witan",
        "3": "a",
        "id2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "witan + -a",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *witō. Cognate with Old Frisian wita, Old Saxon *wito (attested in giwito “witness”), and Old High German wizzo. Equivalent to witan + -a.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wita",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wita m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "wita m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wit"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wita",
        "2": "witan",
        "3": "witan",
        "4": "witan",
        "5": "witan",
        "6": "witena",
        "7": "witan",
        "8": "witum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms suffixed with -a (agent noun)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wise person; (especially in compounds) knower"
      ],
      "id": "en-wita-ang-noun-bGdk29mX",
      "links": [
        [
          "wise",
          "wise"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "knower",
          "knower"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "advisor"
      ],
      "id": "en-wita-ang-noun-PsfmERzW",
      "links": [
        [
          "advisor",
          "advisor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwi.tɑ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "weota"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wieta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Mercian"
      ],
      "word": "wiota"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wita"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine n-stem nouns",
    "Old English masculine nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms suffixed with -a (agent noun)",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "witness",
      "word": "ġewita"
    },
    {
      "english": "idiot",
      "word": "unwita"
    },
    {
      "english": "philosopher",
      "word": "ūþwita"
    },
    {
      "english": "king's council",
      "word": "witena ġemōt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*witō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *witō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "wita"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian wita",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "*wito"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon *wito",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "giwito"
      },
      "expansion": "giwito",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wizzo"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wizzo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "witan",
        "3": "a",
        "id2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "witan + -a",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *witō. Cognate with Old Frisian wita, Old Saxon *wito (attested in giwito “witness”), and Old High German wizzo. Equivalent to witan + -a.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wita",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wita m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "wita m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wit"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wita",
        "2": "witan",
        "3": "witan",
        "4": "witan",
        "5": "witan",
        "6": "witena",
        "7": "witan",
        "8": "witum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wise person; (especially in compounds) knower"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wise",
          "wise"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "knower",
          "knower"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "advisor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "advisor",
          "advisor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwi.tɑ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "weota"
    },
    {
      "word": "wieta"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mercian"
      ],
      "word": "wiota"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wita"
}

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"wita" meaning in Old English

Noun

Inflected forms