Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *wītagadōm. Cognate with Old High German wīzagtuom. By the literary period equivalent to wītiġ +‎ -dōm, but probably formed originally from the etymons of wītga +‎ -dōm; wītiġdōm is the expected outcome either way. Compare lǣċedōm (medicine), which is formed similarly.

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Noun

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wītiġdōm m

  1. (countable, uncountable) prophecy

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