Meaning

3 senses

  1. (dialectal, obsolete, rare)Certainly, surely.

  2. (dialectal, obsolete, rare)Really, truly.

  3. (dialectal, obsolete, rare)Indeed.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. What I wist I told to you.

    Що я знав, тобі сказав. — aandrusiak

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English wis (“certain, sure”), from an aphetic form of Middle Englis

Inherited from Middle English wis (“certain, sure”), from an aphetic form of Middle English iwis, ywis (“certain, sure”) (from Old English ġewiss (“certain, sure”)), or of North Germanic origin, cognate with Icelandic viss (“certain, sure”), Dutch gewis (“certain, sure”), and German gewiss (“certain, sure”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz. More at iwis.

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Forms

more wis, most wis
Comparativemore wis Lesson
Superlativemost wis

regular

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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