An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

A. S. with-taec-an, ad capere.

To WITTER, WYTYR, v. a. To inform, to make known.
Wyntown.

Su. G. witr-a, notum facere, indicare.

Wittir, s.
1. A mark, a sign.
Douglas.
2. A pennon, a standard.
Godscroft.
3. In curling, the mark towards which the stones are pushed, S. A.
Davidson.

Witterly, adv. According to good information.
Barbour.

Wittryng, Wyttring, Wittering, s.
1. Information, knowledge.
Douglas.
2. Information with respect to future events, or of a prophetic kind.
Barbour.

Isl. vitr-a is synon. with Sw. foreboda, to prognosticate.

Witter-stone, s. Apparently, a stone originally placed as a witter or mark.
Fountainhall.

WITTER, s. The barb of an arrow or fishhook, S.

To WITTER, v. n. To fight, to fall foul of one another, Gl. Sibb.; perh. to take one by the throat.
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