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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Past indicative of wit: from Old English witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate with Dutch weten, German wissen, Swedish veta, and Latin videō (“I see”). Compare guide.
Verb[edit]
wist
- (archaic) simple past and past participle of wit.
- a1796, Robert Burns, "Bonie Jean: A Ballad", in Poems and Songs, P.F. Collier & Son (1909–14), Bartleby.com (2001), [1],
- And lang ere witless Jeanie wist, / Her heart was tint, her peace was stown!
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
- Did the maledicent Bodyguard, getting (as was too inevitable) better malediction than he gave, load his musketoon, and threaten to fire; and actually fire? Were wise who wist!
- a1796, Robert Burns, "Bonie Jean: A Ballad", in Poems and Songs, P.F. Collier & Son (1909–14), Bartleby.com (2001), [1],
Etymology 2[edit]
A misunderstanding, or a joking use of the past indicative of wit; see Etymology 1.
Verb[edit]
wist (third-person singular simple present wists, present participle wisting, simple past and past participle wisted)
- (nonstandard, pseudo-archaic) To know, be aware of.
Usage notes[edit]
- This use of wist was never a part of the regular English language; rather, it resulted from the erroneous attempted use of archaisms.
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
wist
- singular past indicative of weten
- inflection of wissen:
Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *wistiz (“essence”).
Noun[edit]
wist f
Declension[edit]
Declension of wist (strong i-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *wistiz (“food”).
Noun[edit]
wist f
Declension[edit]
Declension of wist (strong i-stem)
Polish[edit]
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Noun[edit]
wist m inan
- whist (card game)
Declension[edit]
Declension of wist
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