wis
Speech parts
1. wis - Noun
2. wis - Adjective
3. wis - Verb
4. wis - Adverb
Meaning
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.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Examples
Something you see in me I wis not: Another heart in you I guess: A stranger's lips - but thine I kiss not, Erring in all my tenderness.
Ah thought that every cunt over twenty was a toss an no worth speakin tae, until ah hit twenty. The mair ah see, the mair ah think ah wis right. After that it's aw ugly compromise, aw timid surrender, progressively until death.
For Alfred seide a wis word, euch mon hit schulde legge on hord: "3ef thu isihst er he beo icume, his strencþe is him wel neh binume."
And I no other fancy have but this, To 'scape from servitude and poverty; Naught else in all the world is bad, I wis.
A Secret Service agent wears a mask as Air Force Two gets ready to leave Madison, Wis.
$1.35M ranch home comes with vineyard, indoor horse arena near River Falls, Wis.