witter

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈwɪt.ə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪtə(r)

Etymology 1

From Middle English witter, witer, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse vitr (“wise, knowing”), from Proto-Germanic *witraz (“knowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Icelandic vitur (“wise”). More at wit, wis.

Adjective

witter (comparative more witter, superlative most witter)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) knowing, certain, sure, wis.

Etymology 2

From Middle English witteren, witeren, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse vitra (“to make wise, make sure”), from Proto-Germanic *witrōną (“to make wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Icelandic vitra (“to make wise, make certain”), Icelandic vitur (“wise”). More at wit, wis.

Verb

witter (third-person singular simple present witters, present participle wittering, simple past and past participle wittered)

1. (intransitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) to make sure, inform, or declare.
2. (intransitive) to speak at length on a trivial subject.

   She got home and started wittering about some religious cult she’d just heard about.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʋɪtər/

Adjective

witter

1. comparative form of wit; whiter

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Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse vetr, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz.

Noun

witter m

1. winter

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈvɪtɐ]

Verb

witter

1. First-person singular present of wittern.
2. Imperative singular of wittern.

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA: ['wetər]

Noun

witter (plural witters)

1. (South Scots) water