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wiss

  • adjective
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wiss, adj.
Certain
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  • Ðeáh ðe hé wis (gewiss,

      M. 412, 5
    ) geworden wǽre ðurh ða ætýwnesse ðære gesihðe

    tametsi certus est factus de visione,

    • Bd. 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 623, 15.
¶ in the phrase tó wissum
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  • Tó wissum

    profecto, omnino,

      Hpt. Gl. 431, 15.

  • Tó wissan

    praesertim, maxime, saltim,

      416, 41.

  • Wite gé tó wissan ðæt se deófol ne mæg mannum derian bútan Drihtnes geþafunge,

      Homl. Skt. i. 17, 174.
Etymology
[
He seȝȝde him to wisse whillc ende he shollde sekenn,
    Orm. 8460.
ꝥ wite þu to wisse,
    Kath. 1532.
Hi wenden to wisse of here lif misse,
    Horn 121.
He is here fader mid wisse,
    O. E. Homl. ii. 25, 23.
O. Sax. O. Frs. wiss
:
Icel. viss. Cf.
Goth. du unwisamma in incertum.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-wiss.
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v.  wis.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wiss.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/36060.

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