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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- pl. pres. of
wit .
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Examples
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And men witen wel, that men duellen there: but thei knowe not what men.
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And men witen wel, that men duellen there: but thei knowe not what men.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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He said Barnard's so-called "perfect alibi" - that he had been out jogging witen the murder was committed - was an unlikely story, especially as this alibi had never been revealed to either the Harms Commission or the Webster inquest.
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Euchan haueð of odres god ase muche murhðe as of his ahne. bi þis ȝe mahen seon ⁊ witen.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Nu is riht þenne þ̵ we demen us seolf eau {er} unmihtie to werien ⁊ to witen us oðer ei god to halden wið ute godes helpe.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Gif hwa wule witen hwa erest bi won reste þam wrecche saule to soþe ic eow segge. þet wes s {an} c {t} e paul þe apostel and mihhal þe archangel heo tweien eoden et sume time in {} to helle alswa heo {m} drihten het for to lokien hu hit þer ferde.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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+R+ihtwisnesse. witen godes treosor þ̵ is his ahne sawle. iþe hus of þe bodi {;} from þe þeof of helle. þulli þoht makeð mon te fleon alle unþeawes ant ontent his {370} heorte toward þe blisse of heouene. þ̵ ure lauerd ȝeue us þ {urh} his hali milce þ̵ wið þe fedeR. ant e sune a {n} t e hali gast rixleð in þreo had á buten ende.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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+Nu witen her. + ⁊ nuðe þer. ⁊ nusten hwat hi wolden. þer is bernunde pich hore saule to baþien inne.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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AH ha truste upon him þ̵ ne truked na mon. ha trewliche him truste on. ⁊ eode to chirche euche daheðes dei. to leornin godes lare. biddinde ȝeorne wið reowfule reames. þ̵ he wissede hire o hwuche wise ha mahte witen hire meiðhað.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Migte neure diuel witen. ðog he be derne hunte. hu he dun come.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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