Witran

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - witran

According to the Old English Dictionary:

witran
to make certain (?), to inform:--Witro veror, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 23. [Wise mi and witere (witte me, 2nd MS.), whuder ic mæi liðan, Laym. 1200. Wite me and were and witere and wisse þurh þi wisdom to wite me wið sunne, Jul. 33, 13. Ho has witered hire of þis, and ho has hire kenned, Jos. 466. Ho watȝ wytered bi wyȝes what watȝ þe cause, Allit. Pms. 85, 1587. Cf. Icel. vitra to manifest, reveal.]

Related words: witer. witran

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