Wiktionary

wist

See also: -wist

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Past indicative of wit: from Old English witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate with Dutch weten, German wissen, Swedish veta, and Latin videō (“I see”). Compare guide.

VerbEdit

wist

  1. (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 […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
      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!

Etymology 2Edit

A misunderstanding, or a joking use of the past indicative of wit; see Etymology 1.

VerbEdit

wist (third-person singular simple present wists, present participle wisting, simple past and past participle wisted)

  1. (nonstandard, pseudo-archaic) To know, be aware of.
Usage notesEdit
  • This use of wist was never a part of the regular English language; rather, it resulted from the erroneous attempted use of archaisms.

AnagramsEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Rhymes: -ɪst
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VerbEdit

wist

  1. singular past indicative of weten
  2. second- and third-person singular present indicative of wissen
  3. (archaic) plural imperative of wissen

Old EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Germanic *wistiz (“essence”).

NounEdit

wist f

  1. being, existence
  2. well-being
DeclensionEdit
Declension of wist (strong i-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wist wiste, wista
accusative wist, wiste wiste, wista
genitive wiste wista
dative wiste wistum
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Middle English: wiste, wyste

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Germanic *wistiz (“food”).

NounEdit

wist f

  1. provisions, food
  2. feast, meal
  3. delicacy
  4. abundance, plenty
DeclensionEdit
Declension of wist (strong i-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wist wiste, wista
accusative wist, wiste wiste, wista
genitive wiste wista
dative wiste wistum

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English whist.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

wist m inan

  1. whist (card game)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of wist
singular plural
nominative wist wisty
genitive wistu wistów
dative wistowi wistom
accusative wist wisty
instrumental wistem wistami
locative wiście wistach
vocative wiście wisty

Further readingEdit

  • wist in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wist in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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