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† edˈwite, v. Obs.
Also 1 edwítan, 3 eadwiten.
[OE. edwítan str. vb.:—OTeut. *edo-, eduwîtan, not represented exc. in Eng.; the OHG. itawîȥian (MHG. itewîȥen), Goth. idweitjan wk. vbs., are f. the derived n. *edowîto(m edwit), f. edo-, edu-, ed- + wîtan (OE. wítan) to impute, blame. Cf. atwit.]
1. trans. To taunt, blame, reproach.
c825Vesp. Psalter lxviii[ix]. 10 Edwit edwitendra ðe ᵹefeollun ofer mee. a1225Ancr. R. 212, & ȝif þer is out to eadwiten. a1300Commandm. in E.E.P. (1862) 16 Þat we ssold edwite is worþi wound. 1388Wyclif Ecclus. xx. 15 He schal edwite many thingis. c1430Hymns Virg. (1867) 70 To Conscience þei adwiten me.
2. To make (a thing) a subject of reproach to a person. Const. dat. or to. (Sometimes with obj. sentence instead of acc.)
c1230Hali Meid. 37 We ne edwiten nawt wiues hare weanen. a1240Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 253 Ha wið hokeres edwiteð ant up breideð euch an his sunnen. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 368 His [wif] gan edwite hym þo How wikkedlich he lyued. 1388Wyclif Wisd. ii. 12 He vpbreidith [C. edwiteth] to vs the synnes of lawe. c1430Stans Puer 28 in Babees Bk. (1868) 29 Be not to hasti upon breed to bite Lest men þerof Do þee edwite.
Hence edˈwiting vbl. n., the action of reproaching or rebuking; a rebuke, reproach.
1388Wyclif Wisd. v. 3 These..we hadden..into licnesse of vpbreidyng [C. ether edwiting]. ― Ecclus. xviii. 18 marg., The resseyuere..aschamed of edwitingis doon to him. |