† i-ˈwitness Obs.
[OE. ᵹewitnes(s (= OHG. gawiȥnessî), f. ᵹe-, i-1 + witness.]
Knowledge; witness, testimony; the act of witnessing.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xxxix. §2 Buton Godes willan & buton his ᵹewitnesse. 971 Blickl. Hom. 153 Þa bletsode he eft Marian lichoman on Moyses boca ᵹewitnesse. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 91 Crist aras of deaðe, and on ure iwitnesse astah to heofene. Ibid. 131 Sancte iohannes baptiste, þe ure drihten ber iwitnesse. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 2491 To beoren hire witnesse [v.r. iwitnesse] of hire hwite meiðhad. |