different between wisen vs wised

English

Etymology

From wise +? -en.

Verb

wisen (third-person singular simple present wisens, present participle wisening, simple past and past participle wisened)

1. (intransitive) To become wise or wiser.
2. (transitive) To make wise or wiser.

Usage notes

Usually followed by up: "The ignorant always wisen up." -Charles Neal.

Anagrams

• Wenis, Wiens, Wines, sewin, sinew, swein, swine, we'ins, wenis, wines

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch w?sen, from Proto-West Germanic *w?sijan, from Proto-Germanic *w?sijan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wi?z?n/

Verb

wisen

1. to point out, to indicate
2. to lead
3. to teach
4. to assign
5. to determine

Inflection

Descendants

• Dutch: wijzen
• Limburgish: wieze

Further reading

• “wisen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “wisen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *w?sijan, from Proto-Germanic *w?sijan? (“to make wise”).

Verb

w?sen

1. to indicate, show
2. to lead, bring
3. to call
4. to invite

Conjugation

Derived terms

• daraw?sen
• daragiw?sen
• firw?sen
• follaw?sen
• framgiw?sen
• giw?sen
• ?zw?sen
• zisamanew?sen

Descendants

• Middle High German: w?sen
  • German: weisen
  • Luxembourgish: weisen
  • Yiddish: ??????? (vayzn)

English

Verb

wised

1. simple past tense and past participle of wise

Anagrams

• E.D. Wis., wides