Obs. Also 1 wyt, 3 wet, (Orm.) witt. [OE. wit = OFris. *wit (NFris. wat, wæt), OS. wit, ON. (MSw.) vit, Goth. wit: f. unstressed form of WE pron. with obscure dental element.] We two.
Beowulf, 535. Wit þæt ʓecwædon cnihtwesende.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. xx. 22. Maʓe ʓyt drincan þone calic ðe ic to drincenne hæbbe? Þa cwædon hiʓ: Wyt maʓon.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 33. Ȝif … wit beon anes lauerdes men.
c. 1200. Ormin, 201. Witt sinndenn off swillc elde nu þatt witt ne muȝhenn tæmenn.
c. 1205. Lay., 23653. Wit tweie. Ibid., 23663. Fehten wet scullen unc seoluen. Ibid., 26263. Fare wit [c. 1275 we two] to uihte.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 1775. Frend sule wit ben, And trewðe pliȝt nu unc bi-twen.
