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† biˈwit, v. Obs.
Pa. tense biwiste, -wuste. Pa. pple. biwist, -wust.
[OE. bewitan, f. bi-, be- + OE. witan to look.]
trans. To look after, keep, take charge of, guard, protect, keep in safety.
c1000ælfric St. Oswald in Sweet Reader 97/76 An ðæs cyninges þeᵹna ðe his ælmessan bewiste. c1175Lamb. Hom. 23 Þu scoldest heo [þi limen] biwiten al swa clenliche swa crist ha þe bitahte. c1275Pass. Our Lord 538 in O.E. Misc. 52 Hyne biwusten knyhtes voure oþer vyue.
¶ Also found with strong inflexions, apparently by form-association: see next, and cf. at-wite.
c1205Lay. 13028 He..spæc wið þæne abbod? þe þat munster biwat. Ibid. 20505 Twa hundred scipene? þer weoren wel biwitene. |