"witan" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwi.tɑn/
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|ang|noun form}} witan
  1. nominative plural of wita Tags: form-of, nominative, plural Form of: wita
    Sense id: en-witan-ang-noun-AWwoGTch
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: weotan
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈwi.tɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde, originally a perfect form of *weyd- (“see”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*witan}} Proto-West Germanic *witan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*witaną}} Proto-Germanic *witaną, {{inh|ang|ine-pro|*wóyde}} Proto-Indo-European *wóyde, {{m|ine-pro|*weyd-||see}} *weyd- (“see”) Head templates: {{ang-verb}} witan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|witan<pp>}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], witan [infinitive], witenne [infinitive], wāt [first-person, present, singular], wisse [first-person, past, singular], wiste [first-person, past, singular], wāst [present, second-person, singular], wissest [past, second-person, singular], wistest [past, second-person, singular], wāt [present, singular, third-person], wisse [past, singular, third-person], wiste [past, singular, third-person], witon [plural, present], wisson [past, plural], wiston [past, plural], wite [present, singular], wisse [past, singular], wiste [past, singular], witen [plural, present], wissen [past, plural], wisten [past, plural], wite [imperative, past, present, singular], witaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], witende [imperative, present], witen [imperative, past], ġewiten [imperative, past]
  1. to know, be aware of
    Sense id: en-witan-ang-verb-6BzTuVYL
  2. to feel a certain emotion
    Sense id: en-witan-ang-verb-fE50crn9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: weotan Derived forms: bewitan, forewitan, ġewitan, God wāt Related terms: ġewiss, wīs
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈwiː.tɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Cognate with Old Norse víta, Dutch wijten. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wītaną}} Proto-Germanic *wītaną, {{cog|non|víta}} Old Norse víta, {{cog|nl|wijten}} Dutch wijten Head templates: {{ang-verb|wītan}} wītan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|wītan<s1>}} Forms: wītan [canonical], strong [table-tags], wītan [infinitive], wītenne [infinitive], wīte [first-person, present, singular], wāt [first-person, past, singular], wītst [present, second-person, singular], wite [past, second-person, singular], wītt [present, singular, third-person], wīt [present, singular, third-person], wāt [past, singular, third-person], wītaþ [plural, present], witon [past, plural], wīte [present, singular], wite [past, singular], wīten [plural, present], witen [past, plural], wīt [imperative, past, present, singular], wītaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], wītende [imperative, present], witen [imperative, past], ġewiten [imperative, past]
  1. to blame, accuse, reproach Derived forms: ġewītan (english: to depart)
    Sense id: en-witan-ang-verb-C2ZVct-O Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 18 3 10 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: weotan
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "nytan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bewitan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "forewitan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ġewitan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "God wāt"
    }
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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      "form": "wisse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "wiste",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular"
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      "form": "wāst",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "wissest",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "wistest",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "wāt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wisse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiste",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wisson",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiston",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wite",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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      "form": "witaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewiten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
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  "lang_code": "ang",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ġewiss"
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    {
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          "english": "to know about something",
          "text": "be hwāmhwugu witan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nÞū wāst hwǣr þīn bōc is.\nYou know where your book is.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric's Lives of Saints\nIċ wāt eall be þām.\nI know all about that.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Then he said, \"Do you know what a person is?\" So I said, \"I know its a soul and a body.\"",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of The Consolation of Philosophy\nÞā cwæþ hē, \"Wāst þū hwæt mann sīe?\" Þā cwæþ iċ, \"Iċ wāt þæt hit biþ sāwol and līchama.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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          "know"
        ]
      ]
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      "categories": [],
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        {
          "text": "c. 900, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans\nÞæt is tō wundriġenne þæt þā Ēgypte swā lȳtle þancunge wiston Iōsēpe þæs þe hē hīe æt hungre āhredde.\nIt's amazing that the Egyptians felt so little gratitude to Joseph for saving them from famine.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "to feel a certain emotion"
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          "feel"
        ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwi.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "weotan"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "wītan",
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        "canonical"
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
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        "class"
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        "infinitive"
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    {
      "form": "wītenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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      "form": "wīte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "wītt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "wītaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "wite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
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    {
      "form": "wīten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "wītende",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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          "english": "to depart",
          "word": "ġewītan"
        }
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        "to blame, accuse, reproach"
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          "accuse",
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        ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwiː.tɑn/"
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "weotan"
    }
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      "word": "nytan"
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    {
      "word": "God wāt"
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*witaną"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wóyde"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wóyde",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*weyd-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "see"
      },
      "expansion": "*weyd- (“see”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde, originally a perfect form of *weyd- (“see”).",
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wisse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wissest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wistest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wisse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wisson",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiston",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wisse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wissen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wisten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewiten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "witan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "witan<pp>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ġewiss"
    },
    {
      "word": "wīs"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to know about something",
          "text": "be hwāmhwugu witan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nÞū wāst hwǣr þīn bōc is.\nYou know where your book is.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric's Lives of Saints\nIċ wāt eall be þām.\nI know all about that.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Then he said, \"Do you know what a person is?\" So I said, \"I know its a soul and a body.\"",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of The Consolation of Philosophy\nÞā cwæþ hē, \"Wāst þū hwæt mann sīe?\" Þā cwæþ iċ, \"Iċ wāt þæt hit biþ sāwol and līchama.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to know, be aware of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 900, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans\nÞæt is tō wundriġenne þæt þā Ēgypte swā lȳtle þancunge wiston Iōsēpe þæs þe hē hīe æt hungre āhredde.\nIt's amazing that the Egyptians felt so little gratitude to Joseph for saving them from famine.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to feel a certain emotion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feel",
          "feel"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwi.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "weotan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witan"
}

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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English non-lemma forms",
    "Old English noun forms",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Old Saxon class 1 strong verbs",
    "Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Saxon lemmas",
    "Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Saxon verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to depart",
      "word": "ġewītan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "wite"
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          "expansion": "English: wite",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "English: wite"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Scots: wyte"
    }
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wītaną"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "víta"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "wijten"
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      "expansion": "Dutch wijten",
      "name": "cog"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Cognate with Old Norse víta, Dutch wijten.",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewiten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wītan"
      },
      "expansion": "wītan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wītan<s1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to blame, accuse, reproach"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blame",
          "blame"
        ],
        [
          "accuse",
          "accuse"
        ],
        [
          "reproach",
          "reproach"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwiː.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "weotan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witan"
}

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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English non-lemma forms",
    "Old English noun forms",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old Saxon class 1 strong verbs",
    "Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Saxon lemmas",
    "Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Saxon verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
      "name": "nonlemma"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "witan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "wita"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nominative plural of wita"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wita",
          "wita#Old English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwi.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "weotan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witan"
}

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