Jists vs Wists - What's the difference?
jists | wists |
(wist)
(archaic) (wit)
* a''1796 , , "Bonie Jean: A Ballad", in ''Poems and Songs , P.F. Collier & Son (1909–14), Bartleby.com (2001), [http://www.bartleby.com/6/419.html],
As a noun jists
is plural of jist.As a verb wists is
third-person singular of wist.wists
English
Verb
(head)wist
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Etymology 1
Past indicative of (m): from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Compare (m).Verb
(head)- And lang ere witless Jeanie wist , / Her heart was tint, her peace was stown!