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
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