Obs. Forms: 1 wit(e)ʓa, -iʓa, (2 witȝe, -eȝa), 2–3 witiȝe, -eȝe, witie, (3 witeie, witti(e, -y). [OE. wít(e)ʓa, -iʓa = OHG. wîȥ(ȥ)ago, altered (by association with wîs WISE a. and sagen SAY v.1) to wîssago (MHG. wîssage, -ag), ON. vitke: f. wīt-: see WIT v.1] A prophet. Also adj., prophetic.

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c. 897.  K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., xxxii. 213. Ne eow … ne ondrædað for nanes monnes wordum, ne for nanes witʓan gæste.

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c. 950.  Lindisf. Gosp., Mark i. 2. Suæ awritten is in esaia ðone witʓo.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 43. Of þas pinan spekeð dauid þe halie witeȝe.

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c. 1200.  Trin. Coll. Hom., 83. Salemon and alle wise witeȝe. Ibid., 127. Þis childes witiȝe gost.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 15877. To þan kinge was ibroht Joram þe witic [c. 1275 witty].

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a. 1325.  Juliana, 39. Þen muchele witti witeȝe ysaie.

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