Noun: wist
Gender: f
Nominative
| Singular | wist |
| Plural | wiste; wista |
Genitive
| Singular | wiste |
| Plural | wista |
Dative
| Singular | wiste |
| Plural | wistum |
Accusative
| Singular | wist; wiste |
| Plural | wiste; wista |
Sample Sentences
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Ġemon hē seleseċġas · ond sincþege,
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hū hine on ġeoguðe · his goldwine
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wenede tō wiste · Wyn eal ġedrēas. (He remembers hall-men and takings of treasures,
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how his goldfriend accustomed him
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to feast on youth. Mirth has completely perished.) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
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The Legend of St. Andrew in Verse
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...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,...)
Nouns inflected like wist
hyllwyrt,
smeoruwyrt,
samwist,
clæferwyrt,
dopenid,
gumcyst,
hæselwyrt,
cyninges wyrt,
eagwyrt,
wealhwyrt,
efesung,
œfest,
æx,
dryht,
drift,
efest,
feord,
fierd,
meolc,
meluc, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wisti (“essence”).
Verbs referencing "wist"
French Nouns
gâteau, Latin Nouns
vestibulum, English Nouns
wastel, Middle English Nouns
wastel.
Translations