单词 | to get or have witting |
释义 | > as lemmasto get or have witting 2. Knowledge obtained or (esp.) communicated; information, intelligence, tidings, news; notice, warning. (Cf. wit v.1 3.) Chiefly in to get or have witting. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > [noun] kithc900 avaymentc1315 learningc1386 information1390 knowledgea1398 witteringa1400 witting1417 advicec1425 hearinga1450 understanding1473 intelligence?a1475 intellectionc1475 wit1487 instructiona1535 myance1552 fact1566 aviso1589 facts and figures1727 tell1823 message1828 renseignement1841 khubber1878 dope1901 lowdown1905 info1907 poop1911 oil1915 score1938 gen1940 intel1961 scam1964 1417 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1709) IX. 427 Kepe this Matere..secre..that never Creature have Wittyng thereof. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 540 Quhen men schupe hym to betrais, He gat vitting tharof alwayis. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 359 We sall cum thair sa preuely, That thai sall haff na persavyng, Na ȝeit witting of our cummyng. 1497 Merton Coll. Rec. No. 1031 The same John Wreyght shall gyve wetyng and warnyng vnto the fermour then beyng. ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Bi And I knowe ony erthly thynge That is agayne you ye shall haue wetynge. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 45 He merveyled..how merlin myght haue witinge ther-of. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 14 When thow shalte be brought oute ageyn to Iugement lete me haue wetynge. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clx. f. lxxxviii The sonnis sent wittynge to the Pope..requyrynge hym of ayde & counceyll. a1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. 1066 To giue him witting thereof. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. ix. 176 What will come o' ye gin the baillies sud come to get witting? 1905 W. R. Mackintosh Around Orkney Peat-fires (ed. 2) ii. 34 His scouts..gave him ‘wittance’ of the..scheme. < as lemmas |
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