WITE

Etymology 1

Verb

wite (third-person singular simple present wites, present participle witing, simple past and past participle wited)

(chiefly, Scotland) To blame; regard as guilty, fault, accuse

To reproach, censure, mulct

To observe, keep, guard, preserve, protect

Etymology 2

Noun

wite (plural wites)

(obsolete, outside, Scotland) Blame, responsibility, guilt.

Punishment, penalty, fine, bote, mulct.

Etymology 3

Verb

wite (third-person singular simple present wites, present participle witing, simple past and past participle wited)

(obsolete or poetic) To go, go away, depart, perish, vanish

Source: Wiktionary

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Wite, v. t. Etym: [AS. witan; akin to D. wijten, G. verweisen, Icel. vita to mulct, and E. wit; cf. AS. witan to see, L. animadvertere to observe, to punish. Wit, v.]

Definition: To reproach; to blame; to censure; also, to impute as blame. [Obs. or Scot.] Spenser. Though that I be jealous, wite me not. Chaucer. There if that I misspeak or say, Wite it the ale of Southwark, I you pray. Chaucer.

Wite, n. Etym: [AS. wite punishment. Wite, v.]

Definition: Blame; reproach. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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