witter
English
Pronunciation
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- 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)
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)
- (intransitive) to speak at length on a trivial subject.
- She got home and started wittering about some religious cult she’d just heard about.
- (intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) to make sure, inform, or declare.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
witter
Elfdalian
Etymology
From Old Norse vetr, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz. Cognate with Swedish vinter.
Noun
witter m
Inflection
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German
Pronunciation
Verb
witter
- (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of wittern.
- (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of wittern.
Scots
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Noun
witter (plural witters)
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