Heáh-wita

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - heáh-wita

According to the Old English Dictionary:

an;

heáh-wita
m. A chief councillor :-- Férde se cyng him hám and ða ealdormenn and ða heáhwitan the king went home and the aldermen and the chief 'witan,' Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 10.

Related words: Kmbl. Saxons in England, ii. 209, 9. heah-wita

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