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ANALOGIES DES LANGUES 



Jésus... sciens cogilaliones eorum. 

 [Vulgate.) 



For I tvisle not that covetyng was synne. . . 

 (W icclif , ad Roman., 7, 7.) 



Nam concupiscentiara nesciebam 



t Vulgate.) 



... I wol , and ivist alwa^ . 



(Cbaucer.) 

 And frayned. . . . 

 If any wighl wiste 

 AVher Dowel was. 



{Vision of Tierce Plowman.) 



Wist I, v. angl., flam. wist ik, allcm. wûsste 

 irh, angl. shoidd I know, iflknew, franc, si je 



savais. 



Wist f thaï njy delli would do you ese. 

 (Cbaccbr.) 



Wist I that , quod the womman, 

 1 wolde not spare. 



(Vision ofPierce Plouman.) 



Wisted, v. angl. Voy. to weet, it. to weten, franc, 

 savoir. 



. . . thou wisted not right now. 



(Cbaucer.) 



Wit (to) , écoss. Voy. to weet, it. to weten. 



What says she, my dearest, my Phely? 



She lets thee to toit, that sbe bas Ihee forgot. 



(BlJRNS.) 



She lets thee to wit, flam. zy lael u weten. 

 Wit (to), v. angl., flam. le icelen, angl. namely, 

 that is to say, franc, savoir. 



Establish'd there tliis law, to wit: no female. 



(Sbakesp., King Henry VI, act. i. 

 se ).) 



Witath, angl.-sax.. flam. weet, allem. wisset, 

 angl. kuow ye, franc, sachez. 



Withath tha;l Godes rice 



(Luc, 21, 31.) 



Know ye that the kingdom of God . . . 



{Bible anglaise.) 

 Scitote .... 



{Vulgate.) 



Wite, wyte, v. angl. et écoss., flam. verwyl, ail. 

 verweis, angl. blâme, franc, reproche, hlâme. 



If ought be misse, lay the wite on me. 

 (Cbaucer.) 



They hâve slain sir Cbailie Hay, 

 And laid tbe wyte on Geordie. 



{Scott. SoIkjs. 



. laying a'the wite 



On you 



/'<■ 

 Voy. to wite, it. 1 er gloss., uuitan. 

 Wite (to), to wyte, v. angl. et écoss.. flam. wyten, 

 toewijten, angl. lu impute, franc, imputer, 

 attrihuer à.. 



Alas! fortune, and wala wa! 



Thy false wliele my wo ail may I voile. 



(Cbaucer.) 

 ail this wo I toi'fe. 



{Ici.) 

 And al lie witle it the wyn 

 That wikked dede. 



{Vision of Pierce Ploicman.) 

 He nist it wbom to wit?. 



{Sir Tristrem.) 

 Wite it to yourself if your wife be. . . 



{Scott, proverbs.) 

 You need not wite to God if the de\ il 



{II,) 



Alake! tbat e'er my Muse bas reasou 

 To wyte my countrymen wi' treason. 



(BuBNg.) 



Voy. wite, subst. 

 Witelesse,v. angl., Qam.wyteloos, onberispelyk, 

 angl. blameless, franc, irréprochable. 



Ne can Willie wite tbe witelesse. 

 (Spencer.) 



Witen (to), v. angl., flam. weten, allem. wisseii, 

 angl. to know, franc, savoir. Voy. weten. 

 Thei answeriden to Jhesus and seiden : we witen it not. 



(WlCCLlF, Matt., 9.) 



nescimus. 



{Vulgate.) 



And now wolde I wite of thee 

 Wbat were the beste. 



{Vision of Pierce Plowman.] 

 I am wendynge to wite 

 What this wonder menelh. 



[Vision of Pierce Plouman.) 



Witiier-saca, angl.-sax. Voy. 1 er gloss.. weder- 



sake. 

 Witiierweard, angl.-sax., allem. widerwartig, 



franc, contraire. 



