WITAN


Meaning of WITAN in English

/wit"n, -ahn/ , n. Early Eng. Hist.

1. the members of the national council or witenagemot.

2. ( used with a sing. v. ) the witenagemot.

[ 1800-10; mod. E wita one who knows, councilor; akin to WIT 2 ]

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