newitan

Old Saxon

Etymology

Contraction of ne + witan. The same process occurred in Old English with nillan (“to not want”), from ne + willan, and nesan (“to not be”), from ne + wesan. See also nitan.

Verb

newitan

  1. to not know

Conjugation

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