v. Obs. Also biwittien, -witeȝen, -witteȝen. [OE. bewitian, f. bi-, BE- 1 + wittian: see WITIE.] trans. To watch over, observe, guard, keep.
c. 1000. Beowulf, 2860. Ða [nicros] on undern mæl · oft bewitiʓað sorhfulne sið on sæʓl-rade.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 195. Ðe deuel … is gredi uppen woreld richeise … and ȝiep him to biwitiende.
c. 1205. Lay., 27198. Bi-halues he sende … wel iwepnede men · þene wude to bi-witteȝen.
