"wite" meaning in Old English

See wite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈwiː.te/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wītī, from Proto-Germanic *wītiją. Cognate with Old Frisian wīte, Old Saxon wīti, Old High German wīzi, Old Norse víti. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*wītī}} Proto-West Germanic *wītī, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wītiją}} Proto-Germanic *wītiją, {{cog|ofs|wīte}} Old Frisian wīte, {{cog|osx|wīti}} Old Saxon wīti, {{cog|goh|wīzi}} Old High German wīzi, {{cog|non|víti}} Old Norse víti Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|nominative plural|wītu|||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=wīte|head2=|sort=}} wīte n (nominative plural wītu), {{ang-noun|n|wītu|head=wīte}} wīte n (nominative plural wītu) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-ja-n|wīt}}, {{ang-decl-noun|wīte|wītu|wīte|wītu|wītes|wīta|wīte|wītum|num=|title=|type=strong ja-stem}} Forms: wīte [canonical, neuter], wītu [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], wīte [nominative, singular], wītu [nominative, plural], wīte [accusative, singular], wītu [accusative, plural], wītes [genitive, singular], wīta [genitive, plural], wīte [dative, singular], wītum [dative, plural]
  1. punishment
    Sense id: en-wite-ang-noun-b7d48KWB Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 54 22 24
  2. penalty, fine
    Sense id: en-wite-ang-noun-uqS4UyaA
  3. torment
    Sense id: en-wite-ang-noun-I0Ww0v1p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ānwīte (english: single fine), bisċopwīte (english: fine payable to a bishop, a bishop's fee for visiting), blōdwīte (english: blood-offering), dolwīte (english: punishment for audacity, temerity or fool-hardiness), edwīt (english: disgrace), feohtwīte (english: penalty for fighting), feohwīte (english: fine for coining false money), fierdwīte (english: fine for evading military service), ġieldwīte (english: fine for unpaid tax), ġierdwīte (english: affliction caused by a rod (used of Moses' rod)), hangwīte (english: penally for miscarriage of justice), hellewīte (english: the torments of hell), hengwīte (english: fine for not detaining an offender), leġerwīte (english: fine for unlawful cohabitation), nīedwīte (english: inevitable punishment), sċyldwīte (english: fine for a crime of violence), sorgwīte (english: grievous torment), weardwīte (english: penalty for not keeping guard), wītebend (english: bonds of torture or punishment), wītebrōga (english: tormenting dread), wītefæst (english: penally enslaved), wītehræġl (english: penitential garb, sackcloth), wītehūs (english: torture-house, prison, hell: amphitheatre (as place of torture and martyrdom)), wītelāc (english: punishment), wītelēas (english: without punishment or fine), wītærn (english: prison), wīterǣden (english: punishment, fine), wītesċræf (english: pit of torment, hell), wītestenġ (english: pole used for torture), wītestōw [place], wīteswing (english: scourging, punishment), wītetōl (english: instrument of torture), wīteþēow (english: person reduced to slavery by the law), wītnian (english: to punish)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "single fine",
      "word": "ānwīte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "fine payable to a bishop, a bishop's fee for visiting",
      "word": "bisċopwīte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "blood-offering",
      "word": "blōdwīte"
    },
    {
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      "english": "punishment for audacity, temerity or fool-hardiness",
      "word": "dolwīte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "disgrace",
      "word": "edwīt"
    },
    {
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      "english": "penalty for fighting",
      "word": "feohtwīte"
    },
    {
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      "english": "fine for coining false money",
      "word": "feohwīte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "fine for evading military service",
      "word": "fierdwīte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "fine for unpaid tax",
      "word": "ġieldwīte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "affliction caused by a rod (used of Moses' rod)",
      "word": "ġierdwīte"
    },
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      "english": "penally for miscarriage of justice",
      "word": "hangwīte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "the torments of hell",
      "word": "hellewīte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "fine for not detaining an offender",
      "word": "hengwīte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "fine for unlawful cohabitation",
      "word": "leġerwīte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "inevitable punishment",
      "word": "nīedwīte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "fine for a crime of violence",
      "word": "sċyldwīte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "grievous torment",
      "word": "sorgwīte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "penalty for not keeping guard",
      "word": "weardwīte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "bonds of torture or punishment",
      "word": "wītebend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "tormenting dread",
      "word": "wītebrōga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "penally enslaved",
      "word": "wītefæst"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "penitential garb, sackcloth",
      "word": "wītehræġl"
    },
    {
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      "english": "torture-house, prison, hell: amphitheatre (as place of torture and martyrdom)",
      "word": "wītehūs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "punishment",
      "word": "wītelāc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "without punishment or fine",
      "word": "wītelēas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "prison",
      "word": "wītærn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "punishment, fine",
      "word": "wīterǣden"
    },
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      "english": "pit of torment, hell",
      "word": "wītesċræf"
    },
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      "english": "pole used for torture",
      "word": "wītestenġ"
    },
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      "word": "wīteswing"
    },
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      "english": "instrument of torture",
      "word": "wītetōl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "person reduced to slavery by the law",
      "word": "wīteþēow"
    },
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      "word": "wītnian"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "ipa": "/ˈwiː.te/"
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    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "single fine",
      "word": "ānwīte"
    },
    {
      "english": "fine payable to a bishop, a bishop's fee for visiting",
      "word": "bisċopwīte"
    },
    {
      "english": "blood-offering",
      "word": "blōdwīte"
    },
    {
      "english": "punishment for audacity, temerity or fool-hardiness",
      "word": "dolwīte"
    },
    {
      "english": "disgrace",
      "word": "edwīt"
    },
    {
      "english": "penalty for fighting",
      "word": "feohtwīte"
    },
    {
      "english": "fine for coining false money",
      "word": "feohwīte"
    },
    {
      "english": "fine for evading military service",
      "word": "fierdwīte"
    },
    {
      "english": "fine for unpaid tax",
      "word": "ġieldwīte"
    },
    {
      "english": "affliction caused by a rod (used of Moses' rod)",
      "word": "ġierdwīte"
    },
    {
      "english": "penally for miscarriage of justice",
      "word": "hangwīte"
    },
    {
      "english": "the torments of hell",
      "word": "hellewīte"
    },
    {
      "english": "fine for not detaining an offender",
      "word": "hengwīte"
    },
    {
      "english": "fine for unlawful cohabitation",
      "word": "leġerwīte"
    },
    {
      "english": "inevitable punishment",
      "word": "nīedwīte"
    },
    {
      "english": "fine for a crime of violence",
      "word": "sċyldwīte"
    },
    {
      "english": "grievous torment",
      "word": "sorgwīte"
    },
    {
      "english": "penalty for not keeping guard",
      "word": "weardwīte"
    },
    {
      "english": "bonds of torture or punishment",
      "word": "wītebend"
    },
    {
      "english": "tormenting dread",
      "word": "wītebrōga"
    },
    {
      "english": "penally enslaved",
      "word": "wītefæst"
    },
    {
      "english": "penitential garb, sackcloth",
      "word": "wītehræġl"
    },
    {
      "english": "torture-house, prison, hell: amphitheatre (as place of torture and martyrdom)",
      "word": "wītehūs"
    },
    {
      "english": "punishment",
      "word": "wītelāc"
    },
    {
      "english": "without punishment or fine",
      "word": "wītelēas"
    },
    {
      "english": "prison",
      "word": "wītærn"
    },
    {
      "english": "punishment, fine",
      "word": "wīterǣden"
    },
    {
      "english": "pit of torment, hell",
      "word": "wītesċræf"
    },
    {
      "english": "pole used for torture",
      "word": "wītestenġ"
    },
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      "english": "scourging, punishment",
      "word": "wīteswing"
    },
    {
      "english": "instrument of torture",
      "word": "wītetōl"
    },
    {
      "english": "person reduced to slavery by the law",
      "word": "wīteþēow"
    },
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      "english": "to punish",
      "word": "wītnian"
    }
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        "8": "wītum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong ja-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "punishment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "punishment",
          "punishment"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "penalty, fine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "penalty",
          "penalty"
        ],
        [
          "fine",
          "fine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "torment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "torment",
          "torment"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwiː.te/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wite"
}

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