v. (pp.)
Erk imper. witere
'informed' (Modern English )
PGmc Ancestor
*wit-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
vitra 'manifest, inform', cp. vitr (adj.) ‘wise’
(ONP vitra (2) (vb.), cp. vitr (adj.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Icel vitra, Norw vitra, OSw vitra
OE Cognate
cp. witran (v.) 'verare, to speak the truth'; wita (n.) ‘wise man’, witan (v.) ‘to know’
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
CC1
The v., first cited by MED and OED from LaŹamon's Brut and c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34), is much less common than the adj. (see further weterly (adv.)) which is first attested in late OE.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Cl 1587; Erk 185