† iˈwisse, iwise, v. Obs.
[OE. ᵹew{iacu}sian, later ᵹewissian (= OS. giwîsian, OHG. gawîsan, MHG. gewîsen); f. ᵹe-, i-1 + w{iacu}sian, wissian, f. w{iacu}s, wise.]
trans. To direct, instruct.
| a 1000 Cædmon's Gen. 850 Bædon..þæt..him ᵹewisade waldend se goda. c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 130 Swa swa him Gregorius ær ᵹewissode. ― Josh. iii. 8 Ðu ᵹewissa ða sacerdas..þæt hiᵹ ᵹebidon on þære ea. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 119 Ðe helende us iwissie to his willan efre. c 1205 Lay. 1525 Brutus..iwende forð rihtes To þon ilke weie Þer him iwised wes. a 1300 Prayer to Virgin 3 in O.E. Misc. 195 Þu praie ihesu crist þi sone þat he me i-wisse. c 1315 Shoreham 122 Ase aungeles er he were y-bore Hys eldren hedde y-wysed. |
Hence † i-wissung, direction, instruction.
| c 1000 ælfric On O.T. in Sweet Reader (ed. 2) 65, For fela ᵹewissungum ðe seo an boc hæfð. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 93 Bi heore abbodes iwissunge. |