† ˈedwit Obs.
Also 3 ædwit, edwyte.
[OE. edw{iacu}t + OS. edw{iacu}t, Lips. Gloss. OHG. itawîȥ (MHG. itewîȥ), Goth. idweit:—OTeut. *eduwîto-m, f. *eduwît-an to reproach; see edwite v.]
Reproach, rebuke, taunt; taunting speech.
| c 825 Vesp. Psalter lxviii[ix]. 8 Forðon fore ðe ic aber edwit. c 1000 Ags. Ps. lxviii[ix]. 9 Me eac fela þinra edwita on ᵹefeollon. c 1205 Lay. 5827 Heorten we haueden sare and ure cun ædwit auere mare. 1297 R. Glouc. 379 He made hym somdel wroþ, Vor edwyt of hys grete wombe. c 1430 Hymns Virg. 124 (Mätz.) Hytt was full grett dispyte So offte to make me edwyte. |