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witan iwtan wtian twian itwan tiwan wiatn iwatn waitn awitn iawtn aiwtn wtain twain watin awtin tawin atwin itawn tiawn iatwn aitwn taiwn atiwn witna iwtna wtina twina itwna tiwna winta iwnta wnita nwita inwta niwta wtnia twnia wntia nwtia tnwia ntwia itnwa tinwa intwa nitwa tniwa ntiwa wiant iwant waint awint iawnt aiwnt winat iwnat wniat nwiat inwat niwat wanit awnit wnait nwait anwit nawit ianwt ainwt inawt niawt aniwt naiwt wtani twani watni awtni tawni atwni wtnai twnai wntai nwtai tnwai ntwai wanti awnti wnati nwati anwti nawti tanwi atnwi tnawi ntawi antwi natwi itanw tianw iatnw aitnw tainw atinw itnaw tinaw intaw nitaw tniaw ntiaw iantw aintw inatw niatw anitw naitw taniw atniw tnaiw ntaiw antiw natiw

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Definitions and meaning of witan

witan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English witan, plural of wita (“wise man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪtən/

Noun

witan (plural witans)

1. The Anglo-Saxon national council or witenagemot.

Anagrams

• Antwi, TWAIN, Twain, Wiant, twain, waint

Gothic

Romanization

witan

1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽

Old Dutch

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde, originally a perfect form of *weyd- (“see”).

Verb

witan

1. to know

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: wēten
  • Dutch: weten
    • Afrikaans: weet
  • Limburgish: weite, wiete

Further reading

• “witan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wītaną.

Verb

wītan

1. to blame, to hold accountable

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• farwītan

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: witen
  • Dutch: wijten
  • Limburgish: wiete

Further reading

• “wītan (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Alternative forms

• weotan

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde, originally a perfect form of *weyd- (“see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwi.tɑn/

Verb

witan

1. to know, be aware of
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

   • late 10th century, Ælfric's Lives of Saints

   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of The Consolation of Philosophy

2. to feel a certain emotion
   • c. 900, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans

Usage notes

Old English used several different words to mean "to know":

• Witan meant "to be aware of," and was used with facts and pieces of information: Iċ wāt þæt iċ nāt nāwiht ("I know that I know nothing"), Hwā wāt hū fela ōðerra manna sind mē ġelīċe? ("Who knows how many other people are like me?"), Hwanon wāst þū mīnne naman? ("How do you know my name?"), Þū wāst hwæt tō dōnne is ("You know what to do").
• Cunnan meant "to be familiar with," and was used with people, places, concepts, and skills: Mæġ iċ hine lufian swīðor þonne iċ hine cann? ("Can I love him more than I know him?"), Ne sorge ġē, iċ cann þis sċræf swā æftewearde mīne hand ("Don't worry, I know this cave like the back of my hand"), Ealdenglisċ cunnan þyncþ mē unnytt ("Knowing Old English seems useless to me"). With verbs, it means "to know how": Þū āna cūðest mē hreddan ("You're the only person who knew how to save me"), Wisson ġit þæt hē singan cann? ("Did you know he can sing?")
• Ġecnāwan and oncnāwan meant to recognize or identify, and could be used almost interchangeably: Þā stefne iċ wolde āhwǣr ġecnāwan ("I'd know that voice anywhere"), Ġecnǣwst þū þisne wer? ("Do you know this man?"), Iċ oncnāwe gōd handweorc þonne iċ hit ġesēo ("I know good craftsmanship when I see it"), Be þon oncnāwaþ ealle menn þæt ġē sind mīne frīend ("That's how everyone will know you're my friends"). Though cnāwan is the ancestor of modern know and was probably a synonym, it was many times less common than these two prefixed forms in the Old English period, being attested only a few times in the surviving corpus.
• Tōcnāwan meant "to distinguish" or "discern": riht and wōh tōcnāwan ("to know right from wrong").

Conjugation

Antonyms

• nytan

Derived terms

• bewitan
• forewitan
• ġewitan
• God wāt

Related terms

• ġewiss
• wīs

Descendants

• Middle English: witen, wete, weten, wetyn, wite, witenn, witten, wyett, wyt, wyte, wyten; woten
  • English: wit, weet
  • Scots: wit

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Cognate with Old Norse víta, Dutch wijten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.tɑn/

Verb

wītan

1. to blame, accuse, reproach

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ġewītan (“to depart”)

Descendants

• English: wite
• Scots: wyte

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwi.tɑn/

Noun

witan

1. nominative plural of wita

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde, originally a perfect form of *weyd- (“see”).

Verb

witan (3 singular present wēt, 3 singular preterite wissa, preterite plural wissun, no past participle)

1. to know

Conjugation

Descendants

• Middle Low German: wēten, wetten
  • German Low German: wetten, wieten

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wītaną.

Verb

wītan (3 singular present wītid, 3 singular preterite wēt, preterite plural witun, past participle giwitan)

1. to reproach, to blame

Conjugation