† i-witeywitev.1
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To understand, know, get to know, learn.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge, know [verb (transitive)]
i-witec900
wit971
yknowOE
canOE
i-kenc1000
seeOE
yknowOE
understanda1131
knowlOE
can (or could) skillc1340
cona1387
havec1405
kyd1530
weeta1547
digest1549
wist1580
wis1606
savvy1686
sabe1850
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iii. vi. [viii.] 174 Heo..woldon gewitan hwæt þæt wære.
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. x. 26 Nowiht [is]..gehyded þæt ne se gewitten.
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John ii. 9 Ða embehtmenn geuiston ða ðe birladon þæt uæter.
c1000 Apollonius (Thornton) 13 Ga and gewite hwæt se iunga man sy.
a1200 Moral Ode (Lamb. MS.) 382 Þo scullen more of him..iwiten his mihte & his ore.
a1200 Moral Ode (Trin. MS.) 17 Elde me is bistolen on ar ich hit iwiste.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 28 I witeð et ower meiden hwo hit beo þet is icumen.
c1275 Passion our Lord 262 in Old Eng. Misc. 44 Iwyte at heom þat hit iherde, and nouht ne axe me.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 224 Wane he wolde iwite Ȝwat man þe child ssolde be.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 29 Þou sselt ywyte þet þer byeþ zix zennes.
1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 582 Of richesse & of renoun romme be ȝe kidde, & ben baldere y-wist þan any burn elles.
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 59 Ȝif any good counsaile..were i-ȝeve, anon enemyes schulde wite [MS. α ywete] for al.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iv. 76 Let nat þy lyft half..Ywite what þow delest with þy ryht syde.
c1460 Launfal 866 Ye schull y wyte, seyde the mayde, For sche cometh ryde.
2. To watch, guard, preserve.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > watch or keep guard over [verb (transitive)]
hold971
witec1000
ward?a1035
looklOE
bewakec1175
getec1175
wakec1175
i-witea1240
forelook1340
watch?a1400
to watch over——1526
award?c1550
guard1582
to wait over ——1659
shepherd1885
watchdog1902
warden1910
a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 247 Ne bið neauer his hus for þeos hinen wel iwist.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6773 We habbeoð i-beon..iwurðed. þurh þinne stiwærd þe haueð iwiten al þis ærd.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 5540 In þe kinges tresorie þat suerd iwust ys.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 212 Sire, ywyte ous, uor we spilleþ.
a1400 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 360 Þt þe seal by-fore y-seyd shal be y-weted vnder þre heuedes.
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† i-witev.2
Obsolete.
intransitive. To go away, depart; to decease, die.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)]
forsweltc888
sweltc888
adeadeOE
deadc950
wendeOE
i-wite971
starveOE
witea1000
forfereOE
forthfareOE
forworthc1000
to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE
queleOE
fallOE
to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE
to shed (one's own) blood?a1100
diec1135
endc1175
farec1175
to give up the ghostc1175
letc1200
aswelta1250
leavea1250
to-sweltc1275
to-worthc1275
to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290
finea1300
spilla1300
part?1316
to leese one's life-daysa1325
to nim the way of deathc1325
to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330
flit1340
trance1340
determinec1374
disperisha1382
to go the way of all the eartha1382
to be gathered to one's fathers1382
miscarryc1387
shut1390
goa1393
to die upa1400
expirea1400
fleea1400
to pass awaya1400
to seek out of lifea1400–50
to sye hethena1400
tinea1400
trespass14..
espirec1430
to end one's days?a1439
decease1439
to go away?a1450
ungoc1450
unlivec1450
to change one's lifea1470
vade1495
depart1501
to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513
to decease this world1515
to go over?1520
jet1530
vade1530
to go westa1532
to pick over the perch1532
galpa1535
to die the death1535
to depart to God1548
to go home1561
mort1568
inlaikc1575
shuffle1576
finish1578
to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587
relent1587
unbreathe1589
transpass1592
to lose one's breath1596
to make a die (of it)1611
to go offa1616
fail1623
to go out1635
to peak over the percha1641
exita1652
drop1654
to knock offa1657
to kick upa1658
to pay nature her due1657
ghost1666
to march off1693
to die off1697
pike1697
to drop off1699
tip (over) the perch1699
to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703
sink1718
vent1718
to launch into eternity1719
to join the majority1721
demise1727
to pack off1735
to slip one's cable1751
turf1763
to move off1764
to pop off the hooks1764
to hop off1797
to pass on1805
to go to glory1814
sough1816
to hand in one's accounts1817
to slip one's breatha1819
croak1819
to slip one's wind1819
stiffen1820
weed1824
buy1825
to drop short1826
to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839
to get one's (also the) call1839
to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840
to unreeve one's lifeline1840
to step out1844
to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845
to hand in one's checks1845
to go off the handle1848
to go under1848
succumb1849
to turn one's toes up1851
to peg out1852
walk1858
snuff1864
to go or be up the flume1865
to pass outc1867
to cash in one's chips1870
to go (also pass over) to the majority1883
to cash in1884
to cop it1884
snuff1885
to belly up1886
perch1886
to kick the bucket1889
off1890
to knock over1892
to pass over1897
to stop one1901
to pass in1904
to hand in one's marble1911
the silver cord is loosed1911
pip1913
to cross over1915
conk1917
to check out1921
to kick off1921
to pack up1925
to step off1926
to take the ferry1928
peg1931
to meet one's Maker1933
to kiss off1935
to crease it1959
zonk1968
cark1977
to cark it1979
to take a dirt nap1981
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)]
wendeOE
i-wite971
ashakec975
shakeOE
to go awayOE
witea1000
afareOE
agoOE
atwendOE
awayOE
to wend awayOE
awendOE
gangOE
rimeOE
flitc1175
to fare forthc1200
depart?c1225
part?c1225
partc1230
to-partc1275
biwitec1300
atwitea1325
withdrawa1325
to draw awayc1330
passc1330
to turn one's (also the) backc1330
lenda1350
begonec1370
remuea1375
voidc1374
removec1380
to long awaya1382
twinc1386
to pass one's wayc1390
trussc1390
waive1390
to pass out ofa1398
avoida1400
to pass awaya1400
to turn awaya1400
slakec1400
wagc1400
returnc1405
to be gonea1425
muck1429
packc1450
recede1450
roomc1450
to show (a person) the feetc1450
to come offc1475
to take one's licence1475
issue1484
devoidc1485
rebatea1500
walka1500
to go adieua1522
pikea1529
to go one's ways1530
retire?1543
avaunt1549
to make out1558
trudge1562
vade?1570
fly1581
leave1593
wag1594
to get off1595
to go off1600
to put off1600
shog1600
troop1600
to forsake patch1602
exit1607
hence1614
to give offa1616
to take off1657
to move off1692
to cut (also slip) the painter1699
sheera1704
to go about one's business1749
mizzle1772
to move out1792
transit1797–1803
stump it1803
to run away1809
quit1811
to clear off1816
to clear out1816
nash1819
fuff1822
to make (take) tracks (for)1824
mosey1829
slope1830
to tail out1830
to walk one's chalks1835
to take away1838
shove1844
trot1847
fade1848
evacuate1849
shag1851
to get up and get1854
to pull out1855
to cut (the) cable(s)1859
to light out1859
to pick up1872
to sling one's Daniel or hook1873
to sling (also take) one's hook1874
smoke1893
screw1896
shoot1897
voetsak1897
to tootle off1902
to ship out1908
to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909
to push off1918
to bugger off1922
biff1923
to fuck off1929
to hit, split or take the breeze1931
to jack off1931
to piss offa1935
to do a mick1937
to take a walk1937
to head off1941
to take a hike1944
moulder1945
to chuff off1947
to get lost1947
to shoot through1947
skidoo1949
to sod off1950
peel1951
bug1952
split1954
poop1961
mugger1962
frig1965
society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)]
to come awayeOE
wendeOE
i-wite971
ashakec975
shakeOE
to go awayOE
witea1000
afareOE
agoOE
awayOE
dealc1000
goOE
awendOE
rimeOE
to go one's wayOE
flitc1175
depart?c1225
partc1230
to-partc1275
atwitea1325
withdrawa1325
to turn one's (also the) backc1330
lenda1350
begonec1370
remuea1375
removec1380
to long awaya1382
twinc1386
to pass one's wayc1390
trussc1390
to turn awaya1400
returnc1405
to be gonea1425
recede1450
roomc1450
to come offc1475
to take one's licence1475
issue1484
walka1500
to go adieua1522
pikea1529
avaunt1549
trudge1562
vade?1570
discoast1571
leave1593
wag1594
to go off1600
troop1600
hence1614
to set on one's foota1616
to pull up one's stumps1647
quit1811
to clear out1816
slope1830
to walk one's chalks1835
shove1844
to roll out1850
to pull out1855
to light out1859
to take a run-out powder1909
to push off (also along)1923
971 Blickl. Hom. 233 Gif we gewitaþ fram þe, þonne beo we fremde from eallum þæm godum þe þu us gegearwodest.
c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 64 Nacode we wæron acennede and nacode we gewitaþ.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 93 Þa feol heo þer adun and iwat.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12784 Þene beore he ismat. þat he to þere eorðe iwhat [c1300 Otho fulle to grunde].
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10634 Þe wulf heom to iwiteð [c1300 Otho witeþ] and alle heom abiteð.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8602 He sæt stille. al-se þeh he wolde of worlden iwiten.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6610 Wes i þere ilke wike þe ærchebiscop forð iwiten.
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