Ge-witscipe
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-witscipe
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-witscipe
- For 'A testimony . . . S. 492, 5, 6' substitute: Witness-ship. Cf. ge-wita; I. (1) the condition of being witness of a transaction:--Sculun of Gallia ríce cuman þá þe æt bysceopes hálgunge on gewitscype standan (qui in ordinatione episcopi testes adsistant), Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 73, 9. (2) witness, personal observation, presence of witnesses. Cf. ge-witnes; I. 1 a:--Ne sceal bisscopa hálgung on óþre wísan wesan nemne on gesomnunge and on gewitscype þreóra oððe feówer bissceopa episcoporum ordinatio sine adgregatis tribus uel quattuor episcopis fieri non debet, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 73, 12. gewit-scipe,ge-witscipe