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wite

1  [wahyt] noun, verb, wit⋅ed, wit⋅ing.
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–noun
1. (in Anglo-Saxon law)
a. a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime.
b. a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
2. Chiefly Scot. responsibility for a crime, fault, or misfortune; blame.
–verb (used with object)
3. Chiefly Scot. to blame for; declare guilty of.
Also, wyte.

Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME, OE wīte penalty; c. OHG wīzi, ON vīti; (v.) ME witen, OE wītan to blame
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wite

2  [wahyt]
–verb
a pres. pl. of wit 2 .

wit

2  [wit]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), present singular 1st person wot, 2nd wost, 3rd wot, present plural wit or wite; past and past participle wist; present participle wit⋅ting.
1. Archaic. to know.
—Idiom
2. to wit, that is to say; namely: It was the time of the vernal equinox, to wit, the beginning of spring.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME witen, OE witan; c. D weten, G wissen, ON vita, Goth witan to know; akin to L vidēre, Gk ideîn to see, Skt vidati (he) knows. See wot
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wite   (wīt)   
n.   Scots
Blame; fault.

[Middle English, from Old English wīte, penalty; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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