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Counselors to early English kings
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witan
Word definitions for witan in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Witan may refer to: Witenagemot , a council of noblemen in Medieval England Witan International College Witan Investment Trust Witan Pacific Investment Trust
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The Anglo-Saxon national council or witenagemot. 2 The members of such an assembly.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Witan \Wit"an\, n. pl. [AS., pl. of wita sage, councilor.] Lit., wise men; specif. (A.-S. Hist.), the members of the national, or king's, council which sat to assist the king in administrative and judicial matters; also, the council.
Usage examples of witan.
With the consent of the Witan, the King might grant portions of this Folkland as a reward for services done to himself or to the community.
In time the King obtained the power of making these grants without having to consult the Witan, and at last the whole of the Folkland came to be regarded as the absolute property of the Crown.
Since the witan met wherever the king was and Edward had never been to the north, no national gemot within memory had been held in the northern earldoms of Mercia or Northumbria.
No matter how you may mislike the bias, the Witan would resent the interference of a woman.
Sweaty and exhausted from the physical punishment, as well as the mental anguish of the past days over both Emma and Eadyth, not to mention the lack of news from the Witan, Eirik proceeded slowly up the steps.