wist
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪst
Etymology 1
Past indicative of wit: from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English witan, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *witaną, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate with Dutch weten, German wissen, Swedish veta, and Latin videō (“I see”). Compare guide.
Verb
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
- 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
A misunderstanding, or a joking use of the past indicative of wit: from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English witan, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *witaną, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate with Dutch weten, German wissen, Swedish veta, and Latin videō (“I see”). Compare guide.
Verb
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
- This use of wist was never a part of the regular English language; rather, it resulted from the erroneous attempted use of archaisms.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
wist
- (deprecated template usage) singular past indicative of weten
- (deprecated template usage) second- and third-person singular present indicative of wissen
- (deprecated template usage) (archaic) plural imperative of wissen
Old English
Alternative forms
- ƿist — wynn spelling
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wistiz (“essence”), a derivative of Old English wesan (“to exist, be”). Cognate with Old Saxon wist, Old High German wist, Old Norse vist, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (wists).
Pronunciation
Noun
wist f
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