Obs. [f. WITH- + SAW sb.2, after WITHSAY v.] = WITHSAYING.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 288. Hwon þe delit iðe luste is igon so oueruorð þet ter nis non wiðsigginge [v.r. wiðsahe].

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a. 1300.  Cursor M., 5877. Now wald þai mak þam a witsau Fra þair warkes for to drau.

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a. 1325.  MS. Rawl. B. 520, lf. 28. Manie lordes of wastes … habbez i ben desturbed þoru with sawe of hoere neȝeburs [orig. per contradiccionem vicinorum].

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