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wítnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wítnian, p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
To punish, torment, plague
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  • Ic wítnie

    multo,

      Engl. Stud. xi. 66, 58.

  • Uuítnath

    multabitur,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 42.

  • Wítnað

    plectit,

      90, 12.

  • Wítnode

    multavit, punivit,

      Hpt. Gl. 455, 15.

  • Déme ðæt se bisceop and wítnige be ðam

    (juxta hoc puniatur),

    • L. Ecg. C. 16
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 144, 7.

  • Wítnian

    vapulare, multare, flagellare,

      Hpt. Gl. 477, 27.

  • Wítniende

    multans,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 31.

  • Wítniendra þiówa

    lictorum,

      52, 77.

  • Déman wídnigendne

    judicem punientem,

      Scint. 38, 3.
Grammar
wítnian, with acc. of person
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  • Hé wítnaþ ða scyldigan

    injusti punientur,

      Ps. Th. 36, 28.

  • Ðæt ða bióþ gesǽlegran ðe mon wítnaþ ðonne ða bión ðe hí wítniaþ

    infeliciores eos esse, qui faciunt, quam qui patiuntur injuriam,

    • Bt. 38, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 208, 6.

  • Hwæþerne woldest ðú déman wítes wyrþran, ðe ðone ðe ðone unscyldgan wítnode, ðe ðone ðe ðæt wíte þolode?

    cui supplicium inferendum putares, eius qui fecisset, an qui pertulisset injuriam?

      Fox 208, 16.

  • Ðone blacan Heáwald hí lange cwylmdon and ðurh lima wítnadon

    Nigellum Hewaldum longo suppliciorum cruciatu et horrenda membrorum omnium discerptione interemerunt,

    • Bd. 5, 10
      • ;
    • S. 624, 41.

  • Ðæt man ðás menn wítnige and cwelle,

      Blickl. Homl. 183, 2.

  • Nele God ús wítnian,

      Ps. Th. 76, 7.

  • Ða unrihtwísan beóð wítnade (punientur ),

      Ps. Surt. 36, 28.

  • Hí wǽron wítnade

    virgis caesi,

    • Ors. 4, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 160, 14.
Grammar
wítnian, with the means of punishment expressed
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  • Ic wítnige eów seofon wíton

    corripiam vos septem plagis,

      Lev. 26, 28.

  • Se uultor ne slát ða lifre Tyties, ðe hine ǽr mid ðý wítnode,

    • Bt. 35, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 170, 4.

  • Wítna mid tintregum ðínne sunu,

      Homl. Skt. i. 4, 205.

  • Ðæt se hí móte mid mycclum wítum wítnian,

      Blickl. Homl. 61, 18.

  • Hé hí wolde wítnian mid deáþe,

    • Bt. 41, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 248, 12.

  • Hé biþ wítnad manegum wítum

    vapulabit multis,

      Lk. Skt. 12, 47, 48.
Grammar
wítnian, with acc. of fault
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  • Ðæt hí heora synna wítnade and bétte,

    • Bd. 4, 25
      • ;
    • S. 599, 24.

  • Sume wyllaþ wítnian stíðlíce ða læssan gyltas on heora underþeóddum, and nellaþ wítnian mid nánre wrace ða máran synna on him sylfum,

      Homl. Ass. 7, 182.

  • Ðý læs hit him sié wítnod

    lest it be punished in him,

    • Past. 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 59, 17.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. wítnón
:
O. Frs. wítnia
:
O. H. Ger. wízinón damnare, dijudicare, vexare, angere, plectere, torquere.
]
Similar entries
v. ge*-*wítnian; un-wítnod.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wítnian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/36300.

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