Obs. Forms: 1 witeʓung, witʓiung, witʓeong, 2 witeȝung, 3 witieng, Orm. witeȝhunnge. [OE. wíteʓung (= OHG. wîzagunga, MHG. wîssagunge), f. wíteʓian WITIE v.1 + -ung, -ING1.] Prophecy. Also attrib.
c. 950. Lindisf. Gosp., Matt. xiii. 14. Witʓiung essaies.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Saints’ Lives, xxiv. 115. Hit is awriten be me on witeʓung, bocum [etc.].
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 127. Þis childes witiȝe gost lihte þe moder gost of witienge.
c. 1200. Ormin, 15174. All þatt witeȝhunnge wass þurrh himm onn erþe cwiddedd. Ibid., 15188. All þatt witeȝhunngeboc þatt witess haffdenn cwiddedd.
