wis

Certainly; truly; indeed: same as iwis.

An abbreviation of Wisconsin.

A spurious word, arising from a misunderstanding of the Middle English adverb iwis, often written i-wis, and in Middle English manuscripts i wis, I wis, whence it has been taken as the pronoun I with a verb wis, vaguely regarded as connected with wit (which has a preterit wist). See iwis, and, for the real verb, see wit.

Certain; sure: especially in the phrases to wisse, for certain, certainly; mid wisse, with certainty.

Certainly; really; indeed.

To think; to suppose; to imagine; — used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under ywis.

To know.

To think, suppose.

To imagine, ween; to deem.

Certainly, surely