† edˈwite, v. Obs.
Also 1 edw{iacu}tan, 3 eadwiten.
[OE. edw{iacu}tan str. vb.:—OTeut. *edo-, eduwîtan, not represented exc. in Eng.; the OHG. itawîȥian (MHG. itewîȥen), Goth. idweitjan wk. vbs., are f. the derived n. *edowîto(m edwit), f. edo-, edu-, ed- + wîtan (OE. w{iacu}tan) to impute, blame. Cf. atwit.]
1. trans. To taunt, blame, reproach.
| c 825 Vesp. Psalter lxviii[ix]. 10 Edwit edwitendra ðe ᵹefeollun ofer mee. a 1225 Ancr. R. 212, & ȝif þer is out to eadwiten. a 1300 Commandm. in E.E.P. (1862) 16 Þat we ssold edwite is worþi wound. 1388 Wyclif Ecclus. xx. 15 He schal edwite many thingis. c 1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 70 To Conscience þei adwiten me. |
2. To make (a thing) a subject of reproach to a person. Const. dat. or to. (Sometimes with obj. sentence instead of acc.)
| c 1230 Hali Meid. 37 We ne edwiten nawt wiues hare weanen. a 1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 253 Ha wið hokeres edwiteð ant up breideð euch an his sunnen. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 368 His [wif] gan edwite hym þo How wikkedlich he lyued. 1388 Wyclif Wisd. ii. 12 He vpbreidith [C. edwiteth] to vs the synnes of lawe. c 1430 Stans Puer 28 in Babees Bk. (1868) 29 Be not to hasti upon breed to bite Lest men þerof Do þee edwite. |
Hence edˈwiting vbl. n., the action of reproaching or rebuking; a rebuke, reproach.
| 1388 Wyclif Wisd. v. 3 These..we hadden..into licnesse of vpbreidyng [C. ether edwiting]. ― Ecclus. xviii. 18 marg., The resseyuere..aschamed of edwitingis doon to him. |