Wiht
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wiht
According to the Old English Dictionary:
, Wiht-land, Wiht (Wihte) eáland
- Wiht
- the Isle of Wight :-- Seó mǣid de nū eardaþ on Wiht, Chr. 449; Th. i. 20, col. I: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 431, 16, 24: v.ll.), 1006; Th. i. 257, col. 2. Tō Wiht (Wihtlande, v. l.), 1022; Th. i. 286, col. I. On Wihtlande, 998 ; Th. i. 246, 24. Intō Wihtlande, 1001 ; Th. i. 250, 13. Hē on Wiht gehergade, 661 ; Th. i. 54, 24. Hié Wieht (Wiht, v. l. ) forhergedon, 681; Th. i. 62, col. I. Hēr Cerdic and Cynrīc genāmon Wihte eálond (Wihtland, Wiht dæt eáland, v. ll.), 530; Th. i. 26, 33. Hié sealdon hiera nefum Wiht eáland (Wihte eáland, Wiht dæt ēgland, Wihtland, v. ll.), 534 ; Th. i. 28, col. I. Ymbe Wiht dæt īgland (Wiht-land, v. l.) Vectae insulae. Bd. pref. ; S. 472, 14. Seó deód de Wiht dæt eálond (Wihtland, v. l.) oneardaþ gens quae Vectam tenet insulam, I. 15; S. 483, 22. [From Latin Vecta or Vectis.] wiht