Obs. Also 3 ædwit, edwyte. [OE. edwít = OS. edwít, Lips. Gloss. OHG. itawiȥ (MHG. itewîȥ), Goth. idweit:—OTeut. *eduwîto-m, f. *eduwît-an to reproach; see EDWITE v.] Reproach, rebuke, taunt; taunting speech.
c. 825. Vesp. Psalter lxviii[ix]. 8. Forðon fore ðe ic aber edwit.
c. 1000. Ags. Ps. lxviii[ix]. 9. Me eac fela þinra edwita on ʓefeollon.
c. 1205. Lay., 5827. Heorten we haueden sare and ure cun ædwit auere mare.
1297. R. Glouc., 379. He made hym somdel wroþ, Vor edwyt of hys grete wombe.
c. 1430. Hymns Virg., 124 (Mätz.). Hytt was full grett dispyte So offte to make me edwyte.
