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(chiefly, Scotland) To blame; regard as guilty, fault, accuse
* Late 14th century , Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Wife of Bath's Tale’, Canterbury Tales :
To reproach, censure, mulct
To observe, keep, guard, preserve, protect
Blame, responsibility, guilt.
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*:And so by fortune the ship drave unto a castle, and was all to-riven, and destroyed the most part. So many lords and barons of this realm were displeased, for their children were so lost, and many put the wite on Merlin more than on Arthur; so what for dread and for love, they held their peace.
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*::And so by fortune the shyp drofe vnto a castel and was al to ryuen and destroyed the most part/ So many lordes and barons of this reame were displeasyd / for her children were so lost / and many put the wyte on Merlyn more than on Arthur / so what for drede and for loue they helde their pees
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Punishment, penalty, fine, bote, mulct.
(obsolete, or, poetic) To go, go away, depart, perish, vanish
As a verb wite is
(chiefly|scotland) to blame; regard as guilty, fault, accuse or wite can be (obsolete|or|poetic) to go, go away, depart, perish, vanish.As a noun wite is
blame, responsibility, guilt.wikidiffcom
Not English
Wikidiffcom has no English definition. It may be misspelled.wite
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , see below.Alternative forms
* wyteVerb
(wit)- As help me God, I shal þee nevere smyte! / Þat I have doon, it is þyself to wyte .
Etymology 2
From (etyl) , see below.Noun
(en noun)The Worm Ouroboros