Re: What is a wyter?

From: Jeff <richaje_at_iyB32mXQk9s5oPXtZ0i6_Mv0rm9mYbtMW8XTgiB1bhwmGCbhltcX-mYUCT__rAHNNT0a>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:59:42 -0000

>From Bosworth/Toller's Anglo-Saxon dictionary:

wit(t), es; n. I. right mind, wits:--Wóde hé geh&aelig-acute;lde, and on witte gebróhte, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 7. II. wit, intelligence, understanding:--Ðæs ðú scealt werhðo dreógan, þeáh ðín wit duge, Beo. Th. 1183; B. 589. III. the mind:--Ðeós gítsunc hafaþ gumena gehwelces mód ámerred, ðæt hé máran ne récð, ac hit on witte weallende byrnð, Met. 8, 45. [O. Frs. wit; O. H. Ger. wizzi ingenium, ratio: Icel. vit consciousness, sense, understanding: Goth. un-witi ignorance, foolishness.] v. ge-wit; bil-, fyr-wit.

Jeff

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> pomeroi :
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> > What is a wyter?
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> > But where does it really come from? Is it Greg's pure invention or does it have a background in real world? It faintly make me think it is a celtic/germanic/viking thing, but then again more like red Indian?!
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> Wyter is an adjective in Old English, meaning "intelligent".
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> But I don't know if Greg actually used that as a source.
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> Julian Lord
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