Wiss
name, verb
name, verb ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To know; to understand. archaic
"Now with their might they downe me pull, and bring me where they woll, the Blood of myne heart I wiss now causeth both Joy and blisse."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from German.
Example
More examples"Now with their might they downe me pull, and bring me where they woll, the Blood of myne heart I wiss now causeth both Joy and blisse."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Perhaps an alteration of wis, taken from the incorrect division of iwis (“surely, certainly”) as "I wis", and mistaken for a verb; see wis. Perhaps from (certainly akin to) Old English witan (“to know”); see wit.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Wiss.
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