Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorysecond-person singular simple present indicative of wit
From Middle English wost, from Old English wāst (also wǣst), from Proto-Germanic *waist, second person singular indicative of Proto-Germanic *witaną (“to wit, know”). More at English wit.
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