\Wite\, v. t. [AS. w[=i]tan; akin to D. wijten, G.
verweisen, Icel. v[=i]ta to mulct, and E. wit; cf. AS.
w[=i]tan to see, L. animadvertere to observe, to punish.
????. See {Wit}, v.]
To reproach; to blame; to censure; also, to impute as blame.
[Obs. or Scot.] --Spenser.
      Though that I be jealous, wite me not.   --Chaucer.
      There if that I misspeak or say, Wite it the ale of
      Southwark, I you pray.                   --Chaucer.

\Wite\, n. [AS. w[=i]te punishment. ????. See {Wite}, v.]
Blame; reproach. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer.