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wist
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?st
Etymology 1
Past indicative of wit: from Old English witan, from Proto-Germanic *witan?, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate with Dutch weten, German wissen, Swedish veta, and Latin vide? (“I see”). Compare guide.
Verb
wist
- (archaic) simple past tense 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 Old English witan, from Proto-Germanic *witan?, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate with Dutch weten, German wissen, Swedish veta, and Latin vide? (“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.
Anagrams
- WITs, WSIT, wits
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?st
Verb
wist
- singular past indicative of weten
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of wissen
- (archaic) plural imperative of wissen
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wist/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *wistiz (“essence”).
Noun
wist f
- being, existence
- well-being
Declension
Derived terms
- andwist
- midwist
- samodwist
Descendants
- Middle English: wiste, wyste
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *wistiz (“food”).
Noun
wist f
- provisions, food
- feast, meal
- delicacy
- abundance, plenty
Declension
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wast
English
Etymology
From Late Middle English wast; equivalent to was +? -est.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Verb
wast
- (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of be; wert.
- 1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 2, (a hunting song),
- "Take thou no scorn to wear the horn, It was a crest ere thou wast born ..."
- 1611, The Bible, King James (Authorised) Version, (first & last usages),
- Genesis 3:11 "And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?"
- Revelation 16:5 "And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus."
- 1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel, lines 97-99
- Alas! We two, we two, thou say'st!
- Yea, one wast thou with me
- That once of old.
- 1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 2, (a hunting song),
Noun
wast (plural wasts)
- Obsolete form of waist.
See also
References
- “wast”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
- “wast” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
- 'twas, ATWS, AWTs, S.W.A.T., SWAT, Swat, TAWS, TWAs, WSTA, sawt, staw, swat, taws, wats
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?st
- IPA(key): /??st/
Verb
wast
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of wassen
- (archaic) plural imperative of wassen
Gothic
Romanization
wast
- Romanization of ????????????????
Middle English
Etymology
From was +? -est; partially replacing earlier were.
Verb
wast
- (Late Middle English) second-person singular past indicative of been
Descendants
- English: wast (obsolete)
Old French
Noun
wast m (oblique plural waz or watz, nominative singular waz or watz, nominative plural wast)
- Alternative form of gast
Scots
Etymology
Scots form of English west.
Adverb
wast (comparative mair wast, superlative maist wast)
- west
- back, sideways; upstream
Preposition
wast
- west
- over, across
- She wis walkin wast the road. - She was walking across the road.
Adjective
wast (comparative mair wast, superlative maist wast)
- west
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