† ˈwitieng Obs.
Forms: 1 witeᵹung, witᵹiung, witᵹeong, 2 witeȝung, 3 witieng, Orm. witeȝhunnge.
[OE. w{iacu}teᵹung (= OHG. wîzagunga, MHG. wîssagunge), f. w{iacu}teᵹian witie v.1 + -ung, -ing1.]
Prophecy. Also attrib.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xiii. 14 Witᵹiung essaies. c 1000 ælfric Saints' Lives xxiv. 115 Hit is awriten be me on witeᵹung bocum [etc.]. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 127 Þis childes witiȝe gost lihte þe moder gost of witienge. c 1200 Ormin 15174 All þatt witeȝhunnge wass þurrh himm onn erþe cwiddedd. Ibid. 15188 All þatt witeȝhunngeboc þatt witess haffdenn cwiddedd. |