GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Wis , adv. [Aphetic form of iwis, ywis; or fr. Icel. viss certain.  See Ywis.] Certainly; really; indeed.  [Obs.] “As wis God helpe me.”  
   Chaucer.
   
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   Wis, v. t. [Due to mistaking OE. iwis certain, AS. gewiss, for I wis.  See Ywis.] 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.
   
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   Nor do I know how long it is
   (For I have lain entranced, I wis).
   Coleridge.
   
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