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† i-ˈwitness Obs.
[OE. ᵹewitnes(s (= OHG. gawiȥnessî), f. ᵹe-, i-1 + witness.]
Knowledge; witness, testimony; the act of witnessing.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxxix. §2 Buton Godes willan & buton his ᵹewitnesse. 971Blickl. Hom. 153 Þa bletsode he eft Marian lichoman on Moyses boca ᵹewitnesse. c1175Lamb. Hom. 91 Crist aras of deaðe, and on ure iwitnesse astah to heofene. Ibid. 131 Sancte iohannes baptiste, þe ure drihten ber iwitnesse. a1225Leg. Kath. 2491 To beoren hire witnesse [v.r. iwitnesse] of hire hwite meiðhad. |