wite

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: wīt, IPA(key): /waɪt/ Rhymes: -aɪt Homophones: wight; white (wine–whine merger) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English wīten (“to accuse, reproach, punish, suspect”), Old English wītan (“to look, behold, see, guard, keep, impute or ascribe to, accuse, reproach, blame”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītan, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Connected to Old English wīte, see below. ==== Alternative forms ==== wyte ==== Verb ==== wite (third-person singular simple present wites, present participle witing, simple past and past participle wited) (transitive, Scotland, otherwise archaic) To regard (someone) as guilty; to accuse; to blame; to fault. To censure (someone); to mulct; to reproach. To guard (something); to keep; to observe, preserve, or protect. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English wite (“guilt, blameworthiness, blame, wrongdoing, misdeed, offense, punishment, retribution, fine, bote, customary rent”), from Old English wīte (“punishment, pain, torment”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītī, from Proto-Germanic *wītiją, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, find, behold”). ==== Noun ==== wite (plural wites) (Scotland, otherwise archaic) Blame; responsibility; guilt. Punishment; penalty; fine; bote; mulct. === Etymology 3 === From Middle English witen, from Old English wītan (“to see, accuse, go, depart”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītan, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, find, behold”). ==== Verb ==== wite (third-person singular simple present wites, present participle witing, simple past and past participle wited) (poetic, otherwise obsolete) To go; go away; depart; perish; vanish. ==== References ==== Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia == Middle English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwiːt(ə)/ === Etymology 1 === From Old English wīte, from Proto-West Germanic *wītī, from Proto-Germanic *wītiją. ==== Alternative forms ==== wyte ==== Noun ==== wite (plural wites) punishment, retribution ===== Descendants ===== English: wite ⇒ Yola: lotherwite ===== References ===== “wīte, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== wite alternative form of whit == Muna == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀtaq. === Noun === wite earth soil land === References === “wite” in Webonary.org == Old English == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *wītī, from Proto-Germanic *wītiją. Cognate with Old Frisian wīte, Old Saxon wīti, Old High German wīzi, Old Norse víti. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈwiː.te/ Rhymes: -iː.te ==== Noun ==== wīte n (nominative plural wītu) punishment penalty, fine torment plague Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ===== Declension ===== Strong ja-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Medieval Latin: wīta === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈwi.te/ Rhymes: -i.te ==== Verb ==== wite inflection of witan: singular present subjunctive singular imperative == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvi.tɛ/ Rhymes: -itɛ Syllabification: wi‧te === Participle === wite inflection of wity: neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural == Scots == === Verb === wite alternative form of wyte == West Frisian == === Verb === wite alternative form of witte ==== Inflection ====