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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wiþjǭ, *wiþiz (“rope, cord”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyt- (“something twisted, rod, switch, whip”), from *wey- (“to wind, twist, bend, turn”). Cognate with Old Frisian withthe, Middle Dutch wisse (Dutch wis), Old High German wit, withi, Old Norse við, viðja (Swedish vidja). Compare also Ancient Greek ἰτέα (itéa, “willow”), Latin vītis (“vine”), Old Irish féith (“fibre”).
Pronunciation
Noun
wiþþe f
- tie, band
Declension
Declension of wiþþe (weak)
Descendants