bilewit

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === bilewitte, bilehwit, bilewhit === Etymology === From a conflation of Old English bilewit (“innocent, simple”) and bilehwīt (“simple, honest, sincere”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbiləˌhwiːt/, /ˈbiləˌwit/ === Adjective === bilewit simple, innocent ==== Related terms ==== bilewitnesse ==== References ==== “bile-whīt, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old English == === Alternative forms === belewit, bilewet, bylewit, bylwet, bylwit, bylywit === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *biliwit- (“gentle-minded”), from Proto-Germanic *biliz (“merciful, kind”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- (“decent, good”)) + Proto-Germanic *witją (“mind, wit”) (from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”)), equivalent to Old English bile- + witt. Related to Middle High German bilwiz (“genius, mischievous person, goblin, witch”), unbil (“unbecoming, improper”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbi.le.wit/ === Adjective === bilewit (superlative bilewitust) innocent, simple Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church calm, gentle merciful, gracious plausible ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bilewitnes ==== Related terms ==== bilehwīt ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: bilewit