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▪ I. † unˈwit, n. Obs.
[un-1 12 + wit n. Cf. ON. úvit (MSw. ovit, Norw. uvit), Goth. unwiti; also wanwit, and OE. unᵹewit stupidity.]
1. Lack of wit or practical knowledge; ignorance; stupidity, folly.
c1200Ormin 6003 Ȝiff he nohht ne follȝheþþ witt, Acc unnwitt all wiþþ wille Inn all þatt iss onnȝæn Drihhtin. a1225Juliana 22 Hwi destu us ba so wa, þurh þi muchele unwit? a1300Cursor M. 13936 Yee wat quat i am, and mi kin, O yur vn-witt quine wald yee blin? 1340Ayenb. 82 Ȝef wyt of þe wordle ne is bot folye ase zayþ þe wrytinge, and childhede, and onwyt. c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 374 God mai not faile on his side for noun-power or unwitt. c1400Pilgr. Sowle v. xiv. (MS. Bodl. 770) 99/1 It is verey vnwytte to any erthly creature..to trowen [etc.]. 1468Chron. Eng. in Hearne R. Glouc. (1724) 482/1 His hondes..shewethe sumwhat vnwyt and necclygence, for he vtterliche leueth the kepyng of hem.
2. An imprudent or foolish act.
c1200Ormin 8045 Þatt ifell gast maȝȝ oferr þa Þatt follȝhenn barrness þæwess Inn illc unnwitt, inn illc unnitt. a1300Cursor M. 13657 Þou caitif for-lorn In sin was..born, Queþer þou wenis vs nu here O þine vn-wittes for to lere.
Hence † unˈwithead, folly. Obs.
1340Ayenb. 19 Zuych folie is wel y-cleped onwythede.
▪ II. † unˈwit, v.1 Obs. rare.
[un-1 14.]
intr. To know not; to be ignorant of something.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. v. pr. vi. (1868) 175 Whan þat god knoweþ any þinge to be, he ne vnwoot nat [L. non nesciat] þat þilke þinge wanteþ necessite to be. 1382Wyclif 2 Cor. i. 8 We wolen not ȝou for to vnwite of oure tribulacioun.
▪ III. † unˈwit, v.2 Obs.
[un-2 4.]
trans. To deprive of wit or wits.
1604Shakes. Oth. ii. iii. 182 And then..(As if some Planet had vnwitted men) Swords out..In opposition bloody. |