wite2 (wit)

t. [ And therfore, if that I my peke or seye, Wyte it the ale of Southwerk, I yow pre ye. Chaucer , Prol. to Miller's Tale, 1. 33. Y pray yow not to wyte it me that y am the causer of it that my seyd maister noyeth yow with so man ye materes. Paston Letters , I. 374. 2. To impute wrong to; find fault with; blame; [Now Scotch.] He gan fowly wyte His wicked fortune. Spenser, F. Q., III. iv. 52. O wyte na me, now, my master dear, I garr'd a' my young hawks sing. censure. Lord John (Child's Ballads, I. 136). wite2 (wit), n. [Formerly also wight ; wyte , wite , punishment, fine, torment, torture, OS. wit i =OHG. wiz i , MHG. wīze , punishment, = Icel. vīti , fine: see wite2 , v .] 1. Blame; censure; reproach; fault. [Now Scotch.] For worche he wel other wrong, the wit is his oune. Piers Plowman (A), x. 75. And but I do, sirs, lat me han the wyte . Chaucer, Prol, to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 400. "Put na the wite on me," she said, "It was my may Catherine." Ne wite thow noght fra me. Early Eng . Psalter (ed. Stevens on), xxi. 12.