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_Douglas._
WITHOUTYN, _prep._ Without.
_Wall._
A. S. _with_, versus, and _utan_, extra.
WITHLETTING, _s._ Obstruction.
_Barbour._
A. S. _with_, and A. S. _let-an_, to permit.
_To_ WITHSAY, _v. a._ To gainsay, to oppose.
_Barbour._
A. S. _with-saegg-an_, to deny, to gainsay.
_To_ WITHSET, _v. a._ To beset.
_Barbour._
A. S. _with-sett-an_, to resist.
_To_ WITHTAK, _v. a._ To lay hold of, to seize.
_Knox._
A. S. _with-taec-an_, ad capere.
_To_ WITTER, WYTYR, _v. a._ To inform, to make known.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _witr-a_, notum facere, indicare.
~Wittir~, _s._
1. A mark, a sign.
_Douglas._
2. A pennon, a standard.
_G.o.dscroft._
3. In _curling_, the mark towards which the stones are pushed, S. A.
_Davidson._
~Witterly~, _adv._ According to good information.
_Barbour._
~Wittryng~, ~Wyttring~, ~Wittering~, _s._
1. Information, knowledge.
_Douglas._
2. Information with respect to future events, or of a prophetic kind.
_Barbour._
Isl. _vitr-a_ is synon. with Sw. _foreboda_, to prognosticate.
~Witter-stone~, _s._ Apparently, a stone originally placed as a _witter_ or mark.
_Fountainhall._
WITTER, _s._ The barb of an arrow or fishhook, S.
_To_ WITTER, _v. n._ To fight, to fall foul of one another, Gl. Sibb.; perh. to take one by the throat.
V. next word.
Belg. _veter_, a point; Teut. _wette_, acies cultri.
WITTER, _s._ The throat, Aberd.
_Journ. Lond._
This seems corr. from Lat. _guttur_.
WITTINS, _s. pl._ Knowledge. _Without my wittins_, without my knowledge, S.
A. S. part. _wittende_, knowing.
