- a variation of wite.
wyte
Americanverb
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I chose of foure good dysportes and honeste gamys, that is to wyte: of huntynge: hawkynge: fysshynge: and foulynge.
From The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by Bradford, Charles Barker
The wyte o' war is at kings' doors.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
In it came her mother dear,65 I wyte a sorry woman was she; "I wou'd gie my white monie and gowd, O bonny Jean, to borrow thee."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
One small twinge may be all the penalty to-day, when an hour’s deadly anguish shall not pay the wyte to-morrow.
From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
The wyte o' wars lie at the doors of kings, and the soldiers are free o' the sin o' them.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John
Ye may thank your stars, Jack, that ye hae ne'er been guilty o' the foul things that he's wyted wi'.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John
S'y, we never wyted to hear no more, but hyked awye hot foot.
From A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West by Norris, Frank
"That's the Reiver's mother," said one of the Elliots; "she's ten times waur than himsell, and is wyted for muckle of the ill he does about the country."
From The Black Dwarf by Scott, Walter, Sir
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