Category:Wis

Wis, adv. Etym: [aphetic form of iwis, ywis; or fr. Icel. viss Certain. See ywis.]

Defn: certainly; really; indeed. [obs.] "as wis god helpe me." Chaucer.

Wis Wis, v. t. Etym: [due to mistaking oe. iwis certain, as. gewiss, for I wis. See ywis.]

Defn: 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.