witter

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

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.

witter (comparative more witter, superlative most witter)

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

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.

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

1. (intransitive) to speak at length on a trivial subject.

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

2. (intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) to make sure, inform, or declare.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɪtər/

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witter

1. Comparative form of wit; whiter

From Old Norse vetr, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz. Cognate with Swedish vinter.

witter m

1. winter

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪtɐ]

witter

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈwetər]

witter (plural witters)

1. (South Scots) water