𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽

From Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwitan/

𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 • (witan)

1. to know
   • Gothic Bible, Corinthians I 13.2:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿 𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌿 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌻𐌻 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌽, 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 𐌼𐌹𐌸𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌿, 𐌹𐌸 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰 𐌽𐌹 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿, 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 𐌹𐌼.

     jah jabai habau praufētjans jah witjau allaizē runōs jah all kunþi jah habau alla galaubein, swaswē fairgunja miþsatjau, iþ friaþwa ni habau, ni waihts im.

     And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. (KJV)

Variant forms 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌴𐌹𐍃 (wisseis) and 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌳 (witeid) are attested.

From Proto-Germanic *witāną. Equivalent to *𐍅𐌹𐍄 (*wit) +‎ -𐌰𐌽 (-ān).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwitaːn/

𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 • (witān)

1. to observe

• 𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (atwitains)
• 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (gawitān)

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 177