Witney (Oxfordshire)
is the Anglo-Saxon Witen-ey, the island of Wisemen—i.e. of the Witenagemot or national parliament.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
is the Anglo-Saxon Witen-ey, the island of Wisemen—i.e. of the Witenagemot or national parliament.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.