wite
1or wyte
[ wahyt ]
/ waɪt /
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noun
(in Anglo-Saxon law)
- a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime.
- a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
Chiefly Scot. responsibility for a crime, fault, or misfortune; blame.
verb (used with object), wit·ed, wit·ing.
Chiefly Scot. to blame for; declare guilty of.
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Origin of wite
1before 900; (noun) Middle English, Old English wīte penalty; cognate with Old High German wīzi,Old Norse vīti; (v.) Middle English witen,Old English wītan to blame
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How to use wite in a sentence
He looked gloomily in Rostov's face and said: "I am witing to her."
War and Peace|Leo Tolstoy