Eald-wita
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - eald-wita
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- eald-wita
- Substitute: An elder, senior, principal person. 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, ꝥ 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 ꝥ eáge heora módes multi nostrorum mentis oculum mundantes, Gr. D. 272, 1. eald-wita