I wis
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See also: iwis
English
[edit]Adverb
[edit]I wis (comparative more I wis, superlative most I wis)
- assuredly, truly, indeed
- c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- I wis, your grandam had a worser match
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[edit]Scots
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English iwis, from Old English ġewiss (“certainly, indeed”). More at wis.
Adverb
[edit]I wis (comparative mair I wis, superlative maist I wis)