wist

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But wel he wist, as fer as tonges spaken, 565

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  1. verb Past tense and past participle of wit2.

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  • Happily the venture proved a better scheme than he wist, and after some years, he wrote, “I would have died without the helpmeet God sent me—my wife, who never opposed me in anything.” John Knox was married when thirty- eight to the winsome Marjorie Bowes, aged seventeen, the fifth child of Mary Bowes, whom he had ardently wooed in his youth. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers, V9
  • Bear in mind the gentlewoman looks to see Amphillis, not you, and make sure that she wist which is she. —  The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
  • You wist, doubtless, that my Lord of York is departed No, verily--my Lord of York! —  The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
  • "The which should be--wist how much Truly, to free thee hence, and thou shouldst go up to London to wait upon his Grace And then Isabel knew what the King intended to exact, but the time was not yet come to say too much, lest Custance should be alarmed and draw back altogether. —  The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time
  • There is evidence to the contrary CHAPTER FIVE BUILDING A FRESH CASTLE Oh, had I wist, afore I kissed That loue had been sae ill to win I'd locked my heart wi' a key o' gowd And pinned it wi' a siller pin." —  A Forgotten Hero Not for Him
 

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