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† ˈwissing, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. wis v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of wis v.1, in various senses.
1. Guidance, direction, instruction.
c1000ælfric Pastoral Epist. xx. in Ags. Laws (Thorpe) II. 370 Hi ealle þa lare þe we leorniað on bocum awriton and ᵹesetton be Godes aᵹenre wissunge. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 95 Þe man þe..sheweð preste his sinnes..nimeð þerof god wissinge. Ibid. 99 Bi shriftes wissenge. c1200Ormin 11830 Uss birrþ sone þannkenn himm Hiss wissinng & hiss lare. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xi. 58 By wissynge of þis wenche I wrouȝte. c1400Destr. Troy 8151 This wot I full well, thurgh wisshyng of hom. 1493[H. Parker] Dives & Pauper i. xviii. B viij/2 To gouerne them selfe..by the lyght and wyssynge of tyme. 1670Narborough Jrnl. in Acc. Sev. Late Voy. i. (1694) 79, I called them The Islands of Direction; they are good wishing to fall with the Mouth of the Streight.
b. Leading astray, enticement. (Cf. wise v.1 1.)
1357Lay Folks Catech. (T.) 542 Idelnesse is..witter wissyng and wai till alkyns vices.
c. Conduction, conveyance. Also concr. a conduit.
a1300Cursor M. 11942 Þe water wissing gan he ditt, Þat water to þe lak broght. c1400Destr. Troy 1606 The water by wisshyng went vnder houses.
2. Command, ordinance; rule, government.
c1000ælfric in Assmann Ags. Hom. (1889) 39 Þa munecas, þe..gode þeowiað under abbodes wissunge æfter þam reᵹole. c1175Lamb. Hom. 73 Hit wes iloked bi godes wissunge ine halie chirche. a1225Leg. Kath. 190 As al þe world is iwald þurh his wissunge. a1400–50Wars Alex. 3256 Þe wyssyng of þe wale god þat wist all before. |