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語源

From 古期英語 witscipe.

名詞

wittshipe (plural wittshipes)

1. knowledge
   • c. 1175, Lambeth Homilies, homily 25

     Gif he hit deð in his witscipe.

     If he does it in his knowledge.

   • c. 1175, Ormulum, line 5709

     Þatt all þin herrte beo þwerrtut Att tin wittshipe clene.

     That all your heart be entirely toward your knowledge.

使用する際の注意点

• The word is exremely rare in Middle English.
• The Middle English forms are used with the sense of "knowledge", continuing the senses found in similar formations across other Germanic formations.