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† ˈwisseler Obs.
Also 5 whysteler, westelur, wislare, 6 wisler, quhysselar, etc.
[f. prec. + -er1, ad. or after MLG., MDu. wisselere, wesselere, weslere.]
A money-changer; also, a retailer.
In the prose Merlin c 1450 (E.E.T.S.) 168 [A] regrater and a wyssher [so MS.], ? read wyssler.
1481Cely Papers (Camden) 74 God..pwt hyt in yowr mynd to have the c xxx li howt of the whystelers handys.. at Bregys. 1487Sc. Acts Jas. III. (1814) II. 182/2 That his hienes deput..ane vthir to be wislare & changeour. 1573Baret Alv. H 654 An Huckster, a regrater: a seller by retaile: a wifler [read wisler], propola.
So † ˈwisseling vbl. n. Sc. Obs. [= MDu. wisselinghe], exchange.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxiv. (Alexis) 164 Al þe gold..He gaf to pure, & his clething He gaf fore ware in weslyng. 1463Extr. Aberdeen Regr. (1844) I. 405, v s. vi d. the quhilk he tuke fra him in wisling of a farthing of an Inglis nobill. 1540Sc. Acts Jas. V, II. 373/2 Sindry personis havand quhite siluir will not change for gold bot takkis þairfor xij d or mair for wissilling of þe samine. 1629Reg. Privy Council Scot. Ser. ii. III. 20 That nane..ressave anie of the saidis dollours in payment of debts nor in exchange or wissilling. |