English

Etymology 1
From OE. term|witan|wītan|langang, derived from OE. term|wite|wite|langang.

Pronunciation
enPR|wīt, IPA|/waɪt/, SAMPA|/waIt/
:rhymes|aɪt

Homophones
white (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
wight

Alternative spellings
wyte

Verb
en-verb|wit|ing

1. context|chiefly|_|Scottish To blame; to regard as guilty.

Etymology 2
OE. term|wite|wite|lang=ang.

Pronunciation
enPR|wīt, IPA|/waɪt/, SAMPA|/waIt/
:rhymes|aɪt

Noun
en-noun

1. context|chiefly|_|Scottish Blame, responsibility

Etymology 3
OE. term|witan|witan|lang=ang

Pronunciation
enPR|wīt, IPA|/waɪt/, SAMPA|/waIt/
:rhymes|aɪt

Verb
en-verb|wit|ing

1. context|obsolete|or|poetic To go, go away, depart, perish, vanish

Category:English homophones

Old English

Etymology
Cognate with Old Frisian term|wîte, Old Saxon term|wîti (Dutch term|wijte|langnl), Old High German term|wîzi|langgoh, Old Norse term|víti|lang=non.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'wi:te/

Noun
infl|ang|noun|headwīte|gn|plural|wītu

1. punishment, torment

Scots

Alternative spellings
wyte#scots|wyte

Etymology
From OE.|sco.

Pronunciation
IPA|/w�ɪt/

Verb
infl|sco|verb

1. To blame; to regard as guilty.

fr:wite

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