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▪ I. wissel, n. Chiefly Sc.|ˈwɪs(ə)l|
Forms: see next.
[a. MLG. wissele, wessele (M)Du. wissel, corresp. to OFris. wix(e)le, OHG. wehsal (MHG. wehsel, G. wechsel), ON. vixl: see next.]
†1. = exchange n. 10. Obs.
1482Cely Papers (Camden) 104 The Kyng..wylle hawe iij whystylles whon at Bregys another at Callez the thyrd at London. 1498Halyburton Ledger (1867) 173 Sald tham [sc. xv lycht crounis] in the Wissil off Brugis for 3 li. 6s. 5.
2. Change for an amount of money; esp. in phr. to get the wissel of one's groat, fig. to be ‘paid out’.
1721Ramsay Prosp. Plenty 134 Nor can we wyt them, since they had our Vote; But now they'se get the Wistle of their Groat. 1722W. Hamilton Wallace 36 Wallace quickly brought the Culzeon back, And there gave him the Whissle of his Plack. 1786Burns Ep. John Rankine ix, I..gat the whissle o' my groat, An' pay't the fee. 1808Jamieson s.v. Quhissel, ‘Gie me my wissel’.
▪ II. wissel, v. Sc. and north.|ˈwɪs(ə)l|
Forms: 4 wesle, wisle, 4–5 vissill, 5 w(h)ystyll, wys(s)yll, whystel, 5–6 wyssil(l, wissle, wishill, quhissel, 5–7 wissil, 7 -ell, wyschell, wirsle, 6–7, 9 wissel, 8 w(h)istle, 8–9 whissle, 9 wissle.
[a. MLG. (MDu.) wisselen, wesselen, weslen, corresp. to OFris. wixlia, OS. wehslôn, OHG. wehslôn (MHG. wehseln, wihseln, G. wechseln), ON. vixla:—OTeut. *wiχslōjan, f. wī̆k- (cf. week n., wike) + suffix -sla-.]
†1. trans. To exchange for something else. Obs.
1375Barbour Bruce xii. 580 Mony men of gret valour With speris, macys, and with knyvis, And othir vapnys vissill [v.r. wysyllyt] thair lyvis. 1513Douglas æneis ix. iv. 92 Heyr is..A forcy spreit..Quhilk reputtis fayr to wyssill, apon sik wys Wyth this honour thou thus pretendis to wyn, This mortale stait and life that we bene in. a1583Montgomerie Flyting 578 Appardon mee, poets, to alter my style, And wissle my verse, for fyling the aire.
b. To exchange (words) with a person.
1571A. Stewart Let. in Bannatyne's Memorials (Bann. Club) 152 Thow seames in the begyning to schaw thy vnwillingnes to wissil [ed. 1806 wishill] wordis in our querall. a1603Moysie Mem. (Bannatyne Club) 131 Some wordis wer wissellit at the first betuix the erle of Mar and lord Lyndsay. 1819[Alex. Balfour] Campbell I. xviii. 332 He..sware a gryte aith, that he wad never wissle words wi' him till he changed his mind.
2. To change (money).
1483Acta Audit. in Acta Dom. Conc. II. Introd. 130 The some of viij Henre nobles quhilk..Issabell allegit..was wissilit and changit be the said Johne and nocht laid wed. 1666Despauterii Gramm. Instit. v. (1677) G vij b, Cambio, to wissel or change money. c1700Kennett MS. Lansd. 1033 lf. 432 b, Wirsle, to exchange, or change, Northumb. in Wirsle me this half-crown. 1721Ramsay Poems Gloss., Wistle, to exchange (Money). |