wite verb trans. [wʌɪt] obsolete exc. Scot. & north. Also wyte.
[Old English wītan, corresp. to Old Frisian wīta, Old Saxon wītan, Old High German wīan, Old Norse víta, Gothic -weitan (fraweitan avenge), rel. to WITE noun² Cf. TWIT verb.]
1. Lay the blame for (a thing) on a person etc. (Foll. by on, to, upon.) OE.
b. Impute as guilt. Also, in neutral sense, impute. LME-M16.

2. Impute the guilt to, blame, (a person). (Foll. by for, of, with the thing imputed.) ME.

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wite noun¹. [wʌɪt] Long obsolete exc. Hist.
[Old English wita weak masc. (also ġewita in sense 2) = Old Frisian wita, Old Saxon giwito (Middle Low German wete) witness, Old High German wio (giwio witness), from Germanic stem rel. to WIT verb.]
1. A wise man, a councillor; spec. a member of the witan. OE.

2. A witness. OE-ME.

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wite noun². [wʌɪt] obsolete exc. dial. & Hist. Also wyte.
[Old English wīte = Old Frisian wīte, Old Saxon wīti, Old High German wīi, Old Norse víti punishment, based on var. of Germanic verb meaning 'know': see WIT verb.]
1. Punishment; penalty; pain inflicted in punishment or torture, esp. the torments of hell. Long arch. OE.
b. Hist. In Anglo-Saxon law, a fine imposed for certain offences or privileges. Freq. as second elem. in compounds, esp. bloodwite (see BLOOD noun). OE.

2. Blame, reproach; blameworthiness, fault. Now Scot. & north. ME.
■ R. L. Stevenson But now it's done, Alan; and who's to bear the wyte of it?
b. The person who or thing which is to blame. Scot. E16-E18.

3. Offence, wrongdoing; a wrong. Only in ME.

■ witeless adjective (Scot., now rare) blameless M16.

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