Obs. Also 5 whysteler, westelur, wislare, 6 wisler, quhysselar, etc. [f. prec. + -ER1, ad. or after MLG., MDu. wisselere, wesselere, weslere.] A money-changer; also, a retailer.
In the prose Merlin c. 1450 (E.E.T.S.) 168 [A] regrater and a wyssher [so MS.], ? read wyssler.
1481. Cely Papers (Camden), 74. God … pwt hyt in yowr mynd to have the c xxx li howt of the whystelers handys … at Bregys.
1487. Sc. Acts Jas. III. (1814), II. 182/2. That his hienes deput … ane vthir to be wislare & changeour.
1573. Baret, Alv., H 654. An Huckster, a regrater: a seller by retaile: a wifler [read wisler], propola.
So † Wisseling vbl. sb. Sc. Obs. [= MDu. wisselinghe], exchange.
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, xxiv. (Alexis), 164. Al þe gold … He gaf to pure, & his clething He gaf fore ware in weslyng.
1463. Extr. Aberdeen Regr. (1844), I. 405, v s. vi d. the quhilk he tuke fra him in wisling of a farthing of an Inglis nobill.
1540. Sc. Acts Jas. V., II. 373/2. Sindry personis havand quhite siluir will not change for gold bot takkis þairfor xij d or mair for wissilling of þe samine.
1629. Reg. Privy Council Scot., Ser. II. III. 20. That nane … ressave anie of the saidis dollours in payment of debts nor in exchange or wissilling.
