Wist vs Wast - What's the difference?
wist | wast |
(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],
(archaic)
* 1600 , William Shakespeare, As You Like It , Act 4, Scene 2, (a hunting song),
* 1611 , The Bible, King James (Authorised) Version , (first & last usages),
* 1850 , , The Blessed Damozel , lines 97-99
In archaic terms the difference between wist and wast
is that wist is past tense of wit while wast is second-person singular past of lang=en.wist
English
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!
Etymology 2
A misunderstanding, or a joking use of the past indicative of (m): from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Compare (m).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.wast
English
Verb
- "Take thou no scorn to wear the horn, It was a crest ere thou wast born ..."
- Genesis 3:11 "And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?"
- Revelation 16:5 "And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast , and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus."
- Alas! We two, we two, thou say'st!
- Yea, one wast thou with me
- That once of old.
