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Webster 1913 Edition


Wis

Wis

,
adv.
[Aphetic form of
iwis
,
ywis
; or fr. Icel.
viss
certain. See
Ywis
.]
Certainly; really; indeed.
[Obs.]
“As wis God helpe me.”
Chaucer.

Wis

,
Verb.
T.
[Due to mistaking OE.
iwis
certain, AS.
gewiss
, for
I wis
. See
Ywis
.]
To think; to suppose; to imagine; – used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under
Ywis
.
[Obs. or Poetic]
“Howe’er you wis.”
R. Browning.
Nor do I know how long it is
(For I have lain entranced, I
wis
).
Coleridge.

Webster 1828 Edition


Wis

WIS

,
Verb.
T.
pret. wist. To think; to suppose; to imagine.