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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
wiss . orwisse
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Examples
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Erle of Murray; whare thei hard and so approved his doctrin, that thei wissed it to have bein publict.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Whill he was spending his lyve to conforte the afflicted, the Devill ceassed nott to stirr up his awin sone the Cardinall agane, who corrupted by money a disperat preast, named Schir Johne Wightone, to slay the said Maister George, who looked not to him self in all thingis so circumspectlie as worldlie men wold have wissed.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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She did not respond favourably, and “the Earl bare it heavily in his heart, and more heavily than many would have wissed,” says Knox, with whom Arran was on very confidential terms.
John Knox and the Reformation Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 1905
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She did not respond favourably, and "the Earl bare it heavily in his heart, and more heavily than many would have wissed," says Knox, with whom Arran was on very confidential terms.
John Knox and the Reformation Andrew Lang 1878
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'I said I wissed he was, for he wad aiblins hae some spare heat aboot him, an' I hadna freely (quite) eneuch. '
Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864
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On the bike, we wissed around the outside of the penninsula in just under 2 hours.
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