witgian

• wītegian

From Proto-West Germanic *wītagōn. Equivalent to wītga +‎ -ian.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːt.ɡi.ɑn/, [ˈwiːt.ɣi.ɑn]

wītgian

1. to prophesize
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Þā on þām eahteoþan ġēare siþþan hēo abbudisse wæs, hēo wæs ġeuntrumod swā swā hēo ǣr witeġode, swā þæt ān ġeswel wēox on hire swūran myċel under ċynnbane...

     Then on the eighth year since she became abbodess, she was sickened as she had previously predicted, as a large tumor grew on her neck under the chinbone....

• wītgung

• Middle English: wītien