† ˈwisseler Obs.
Also 5 whysteler, westelur, wislare, 6 wisler, quhysselar, etc.
[f. prec. + -er1, ad. or after MLG., MDu. wisselere, wesselere, weslere.]
A money-changer; also, a retailer.
In the prose Merlin c 1450 (E.E.T.S.) 168 [A] regrater and a wyssher [so MS.], ? read wyssler.
| 1481 Cely Papers (Camden) 74 God..pwt hyt in yowr mynd to have the c xxx li howt of the whystelers handys.. at Bregys. 1487 Sc. Acts Jas. III. (1814) II. 182/2 That his hienes deput..ane vthir to be wislare & changeour. 1573 Baret Alv. H 654 An Huckster, a regrater: a seller by retaile: a wifler [read wisler], propola. |
So † ˈwisseling vbl. n. Sc. Obs. [= MDu. wisselinghe], exchange.
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxiv. (Alexis) 164 Al þe gold..He gaf to pure, & his clething He gaf fore ware in weslyng. 1463 Extr. Aberdeen Regr. (1844) I. 405, v s. vi d. the quhilk he tuke fra him in wisling of a farthing of an Inglis nobill. 1540 Sc. Acts Jas. V, II. 373/2 Sindry personis havand quhite siluir will not change for gold bot takkis þairfor xij d or mair for wissilling of þe samine. 1629 Reg. Privy Council Scot. Ser. ii. III. 20 That nane..ressave anie of the saidis dollours in payment of debts nor in exchange or wissilling. |