Ed-wít

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ed-wít

Add: I. a source or cause of disgrace:--Edwít probrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 21. Þý lǽs him ætwite and on edwít sette (should make it a reproach to him) his geþoftan ꝥ hé for ege þæs deáþes þá þing dyde ne exprobrarent sibi sodales, quod timore mortis faceret ea, Bd. 5, 13; Sch. 636, 18: Gen. 2728. On edwít ásettan, Sat. 639. In edwít settan, Gú. 459. Eall hí mé þæt on edwít oncyrdan factum est mihi in opprobrium, Ps. Th. 68, 10. II. disgrace, shame, blame incurred by a person:--Hé sǽde ꝥ hit þǽm cyninge lǽsse edwít wǽre (sine regis infamia), Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 33. Hé him ætfæste éce edwít opprobrium sempiternum dedit illis, Ps. Th. 77, 66: Bl. H. 101, 7. Hé forfleáh þone woruldlican wurðmynt, ac hé ne forfleáh ná þæt edwít and ðone hosp, Hml. Th. i. 162, 12. Ic þec hálsige þæt þú furður mé fraceþu ne wyrce, edwít for eorlum, Jul. 542. On edwít sellan in opprobrium dare, Ps. Th. 56, 3. Þú mé scealt edwítt mín of áwyrpan, 118, 39. III. blame directed against a person. (1) expressing disapproval:--Edwít exprobatio, i. improperatio, objurgatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 9. Ðonne hé hine on ormódnesse gebringð mid his edwíte, ðeáh hé hit for lufum dó, Past. 167, 12. (2) expressing scorn, contempt:--Teónan hospe l edwíte (of unrihtum edwíte) calumniae improperio, Hpt. Gl. 505, 16. Gefylled mid edwíte, Ps. Th. 122, 5. Ic edwít for þé oft áræfnade propter te supportavi improperium, 68, 8. Edwít þolian, 73, 6: Jud. 215. Hí edwít on þé hæfdon exprobaveruntrunt tibi, Ps. Th. 78, 13. Hí hine hysptun, sprǽcon him edwít, Cri. 1122. Þurh edwít in scorn (?), Sat. 681. IV. an expression (1) of disapproval:--Edwít apostropha de muliere nequam, Scint. 223, 1. (2) of scorn, contempt, opprobrious term:--Cweþað him þæt edwít feóndas þíne quod exprobraverunt inimici tui, Ps. Th. 88, 44. Fram ðám Godes men ádrígde þá edwítu þǽre bysmrunge (irrisionis opprobria) se fisc of ðám munte, Gr. D. 11, 29. Ealle þá sáran edwíta þé hé ádreág, Bl. H. 97, 15. Edwít opprobria, Ps. Srt. 68, 10. V. an object of scorn:--Þú ús gesettest tó edwíte úsum neáhgebúrum posuisti nos opprobrium vicinis nostris, Ps. Th. 43, 15. Hé on edwít wearð ymbsittendum factus est in opprobrium vicinis suis, 88, 34. [N. E. D. edwit. Goth. id-weit: O. L. Ger. ed-wít opprobrium: O. H. Ger. it-wíz (ita-) opprobrium, exprobratio, insultatio.] v. hearm-edwít. ed-wit