Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Wist"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wit \Wit\, v. t. & i. [inf. (To) {Wit}; pres. sing. {Wot}; pl.
{Wite}; imp. {Wist(e)}; p. p. {Wist}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wit(t)ing}. See the Note below.] [OE. witen, pres. ich wot,
wat, I know (wot), imp. wiste, AS. witan, pres. w[=a]t, imp.
wiste, wisse; akin to OFries. wita, OS. witan, D. weten, G.
wissen, OHG. wizzan, Icel. vita, Sw. veta, Dan. vide, Goth.
witan to observe, wait I know, Russ. vidiete to see, L.
videre, Gr. ?, Skr. vid to know, learn; cf. Skr. vid to find.
????. Cf. {History}, {Idea}, {Idol}, {-oid}, {Twit}, {Veda},
{Vision}, {Wise}, a. & n., {Wot}.]
To know; to learn. ``I wot and wist alway.'' --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wist \Wist\, archaic imp. & p. p. of {Wit}, v.
Knew.
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