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語源 1

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

動詞

wist

1. (archaic) simple past 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!

語源 2

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

動詞

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.

使用する際の注意点

• This use of wist was never a part of the regular English language; rather, it resulted from the erroneous attempted use of archaisms.

アナグラム

• WITs, WSIT, wits

語源 1

From Proto-West Germanic *wisti (“essence”).

名詞

wist f

1. being, existence
2. well-being

語形変化

Strong i-stem:

派生語

派生した語

• Middle English: wiste, wyste

語源 2

From Proto-West Germanic *wisti (“food”).

名詞

wist f

1. provisions, food
2. feast, meal
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Ġemon hē seleseċġas · ond sincþege,
     hū hine on ġeoguðe · his goldwine
     wenede tō wiste · Wyn eal ġedrēas.

     He remembers hall-men and takings of treasures,
     how his goldfriend accustomed him
     to feast on youth. Mirth has completely perished.

3. delicacy
4. abundance, plenty
   • The Legend of St. Andrew in Verse

     ...Ne ġedafenað þē nū þē dryhten ġeaf welan and wiste and woruldspēde,...

     ...It befitteth thee not since to thee the Lord hath given wealth and abundance and worldly prosperity,...

語形変化

Strong i-stem: