Obs. rare. In 1–2 witscipe, 3 Orm. wittshipe. [OE. (ʓe)witscipe = OFris. witskipe, OS. giwitscepi (MLG. gewitschap), OHG. giwiȥscaf: see IWIT and -SHIP.] Witness, testimony; knowledge.
c. 900. trans. Bæda’s Hist., I. xxvii. (1890), 72. Þa þe æt biscopes halʓunge in witscipe [v.r. ʓewitscype] stonde[n].
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 25. Gif he hit deð in his witscipe.
c. 1200. Ormin, 5709. Þatt all þin herrte beo þwerrt ut att tin wittshipe clene.
