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eald-wita
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eald-wita
. Substitute: An elder, senior, principal person. v. wita, III :-- Presbiter is mæssepreóst oððe ealdwita; ná ðæt ǽlc eald sý presbiter is priest or senior; not that each is old in years, Ll. Th. ii. 348, 20. Mé sǽde sum árwyrðe mæssepreóst, þæt him sǽde sum ealdwita, þ̵ hé wǽre gefullad fram Paulino narravit mihi presbyter quidam retulisse sibi quendam seniorem, baptizatum se fuisse a Paulino, Bd. 2, 16; Sch. 178, 19. Manige úre ealdwitan wǽron clǽnsiende þ̵ eáge heora módes multi nostrorum mentis oculum mundantes, Gr. D. 272, 1.
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eald-wita
, an; m. [eald old, wita one who knows] One old or eminent in knowledge, a priest; þresby̆ter :-- Presbiter is mæsse-preóst oððe eald-wita; ná ðæt ǽlc eald sý, ac ðæt he eald sý on wísdóme presbyter is the mass-priest or one eminent in knowledge; not that every one is old, but that he is old in wisdom, L. Ælf. C. 17; Th. ii. 348, 20: Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 29.
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