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wisse

  • adverb
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Grammar
wisse, (?); adv.
Certainly
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  • Sculan wé wrecan wordum forð, wisse gesingan, ðæt . . .,

    • Menol. Fox 140
    • ;
    • Men. 70
    • .
Etymology
[
As wis ase . . . ase wis . . . as certainly . . . so certainly . . .,
    O. E. Homl. i. 187, 36.
Alse wis alse . . .,
    A. R. 38, 8.
Ȝho wass wiss allre manne mast off lufe filledd,
    Orm. 2597.
Þatt wass wiss to soþe þe maste þing,
    2866.
O. H. Ger. wisso profecto.
]
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v. ge-wisse.
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