Obs. [OE. úþwita, f. úþ- (Goth. unþa-) away, beyond + wita one who knows, WITE sb.] A wise man; a sage.
c. 888. K. Ælfred, Boeth., xxxiii. § 4. Swa swa ure uðwita sæde, Plato.
c. 1000. Menologium, 166, in O. E. Chron. (1892), I. 278. Swa hit foregleawe ealde uþwitan æror fundan.
c. 1200. Ormin, 7083. Þa þatt sohhtenn Jesu Crist Wæren Magy ȝehatenn,… Uþwitess swiþe wise.
