Re: What is a wyter?

From: Pomeroi <pomeroi_at_n9IBy9sz-8LY3vmxuDveGTyuqWXXtb4JsXyQy03mf-o4NI6fw-10ABRIbFtoELvSJLUV>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:24:19 +0100

Thank you all for your answers.

Word:
The word seems to belong to the same stem as wit and wise. The meaning could be expanded to knowing, cunning. Also, cognizant, aware. But there is no hint directing towards an entity like "spirit" or "ghost"

Clan Wyter:
A Q&A about this. Does not answer MY question, but is interesting for GMs and players: http://glorantha.com/hw/qa/wyters.html

Interesting sentence:
Ginna Jar is the wyter of the Lightbringers the Seventh that is greater than the sum of the parts.

Pomeroi

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

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> 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.