wisse
English
Etymology
From Middle English wissen (“to instruct, enlighten, advise, admonish; guide, direct, control, manage, rule”), from Old English wisian (“to direct, instruct, guide, direct, rule; show, point out; declare, make known”). Related to wise and more remotely to wit. See Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɪs/
- Rhymes: -ɪs
Verb
wisse (third-person singular simple present wisses, present participle wissing, simple past and past participle wissed)
References
- “wisse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
See also
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɪsə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: wis‧se
- Rhymes: -ɪsə
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch wisse, from Old Dutch *withtha, from Proto-Germanic *wiþjǭ. The development *-þj- > -ss- is also found in smidse (from earlier smisse); original *-þþ- becomes -tt- in lat, mot.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
wisse
- inflection of wis:
- masculine/feminine singular attributive
- definite neuter singular attributive
- plural attributive
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Hunsrik
Etymology
Inherited from Central Franconian wesse, from Middle High German wizzen, from Old High German izzan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvisə/
- Rhymes: -isə
- Hyphenation: wis‧se
Conjugation
Irregular with past tense and conditional mood | |||
---|---|---|---|
infinitive | wisse | ||
participle | gewusst | ||
auxiliary | wisse | ||
present indicative |
past indicative |
conditional | |
ich | wees | wusst | wisst |
du | weest | wusst | wisst |
er/sie/es | wees | wusst | wisst |
meer | wisse | wusste | wisste |
deer | wissd | wusst | wisst |
sie | wisse | wusste | wisste |
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end. |
Related terms
References
- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “wisse”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 176
Middle English
Noun
wisse
- (Early Middle English, hapax) A guide; a collection of directives or regulations.
- c. 1225, “Introduction”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402), Herefordshire, published c. 1235, folio 1, verso; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 2018 January:
- her biginneð ancrene ƿiſſe
- This is the beginning of the Anchoresses' Guide.
References
- “wisse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.