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Wissed vs Wisted - What's the difference?

wissed | wisted |

As verbs the difference between wissed and wisted

is that wissed is past tense of wiss or wisse while wisted is past tense of wist.

wissed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (wiss) or wisse
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=2003 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Andrew Lang , title=John Knox and the Reformation , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher= , isbn=9780766175709 , page=180 , passage=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 whome Arran was on very confidential terms. }}

    wisted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wist)

    • Anagrams

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    wist

    English

    Etymology 1

    Past indicative of (m): from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Compare (m).

    Verb

    (head)
  • (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],
    • And lang ere witless Jeanie wist , / Her heart was tint, her peace was stown!

    Etymology 2

    A misunderstanding, or a joking use of the past indicative of (m): from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Compare (m).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nonstandard, pseudo-archaic) To know, be aware of.
    • Usage notes
    * (rft-sense) This use of wist was never a part of the regular English language; rather, it resulted from the erroneous attempted use of archaisms.

    Anagrams

    * English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms ----