wiss

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Definition of wiss in English English dictionary

To know, to understand

And though that the water be gross and heavy, yet nothing so gross as the earth, I wiss; therefore by heat it is vapoured up lightly, and in the air maketh clouds and mists.

Related Terms

I wiss

surely, certainly; indeed, assuredly

I take him for some fiend, I wiss. — Grim, the Collier of Croydon, author unknown.

Turkish pronunciation

wîs

Pronunciation

/ˈwəs/ /ˈwɪs/

Etymology

() Alteration of wis, taken from the incorrect division of iwis meaning "sure(ly), certain(ly)" (Middle English iwis, ywis "sure(ly), certain(ly)" Old English gewis "certain, positive, sure") as " I wis(s) "; mistaken as a verb. Akin to O.E. witan "to know"; More at wit.

Tenses

wissing, wissed