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ˈwittering, vbl. n. Sc. and north.
Also 4 wit(e)ring, -iring, Sc. vittering, -yng.
[f. witter v. + -ing1.]
Information, cognizance; mod. dial. a sign, token (cf. witter n.1 1), a hint.
a1300Cursor M. 21583 Þat godd suld send hir witering [Gött. witring] sun, Quat he o þat cros wald ha don. 1375Barbour Bruce v. 342 Iames of Douglas of thare cummyng..had vittering. c1425Wyntoun Cron. i. 411 Noe first send furþ þe rawin Till get wittering and knawlege Gif þat þe flud begouth to suage. 1513Douglas æneis iv. iv. 79 And of thair cupling wittering schew the air. 17..Broomfield Hill viii. in Child Ballads I. 394 That was to be wittering true That maiden she had gane. 1781J. Hutton Tour to Caves (E.D.S.), Wittering, an hint. 1828Craven Gloss., Wittering, a hint, a secret report. 1876Mid-Yorks. Gloss. s.v., I got a wittering o' 't from him. |