Weorold-wita
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - weorold-wita
According to the Old English Dictionary:
an ;
- weorold-wita
- m. A secular or lay councillor:-- Gif feohbót áríseþ, swá swá wise woroldwitan tó steóre gesettan, L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 5. Wíse eác wǽron woroldwitan ðe ǽrest gesettan tó godcundan rihtlagan worldlaga, vii. 24; Th. i. 334, 21. Worldwitan, ix. 348, 13. weorold-wita