wis

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wis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wis \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 \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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