wyte
English
Verb
wyte (third-person singular simple present wytes, present participle wyting, simple past and past participle wyted)
- Alternative spelling of wite
- 1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 1125540005, signature D3, verso:
- [U]niuſtly thou doeſt vvyte them all, / For that vvhich thou miſlikedſt in a fevv.
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Noun
wyte
- Alternative spelling of wite
Anagrams
- twey
Scots
Etymology
From Old English wītan, from Proto-West Germanic *wītan, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wəit/
Verb
wyte (third-person singular simple present wytes, present participle wytin, simple past wytit, past participle wytit)
- to blame
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, II.1:
- Na, na, sir–nae man can wyte me wi' theft.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, II.1: