Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Certainly; assuredly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Certainly; surely; truly; to wit.
- noun Certainty: used in the adverbial phrases mid iwisse, or to iwisse, for certain, certainly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Indeed; truly. See
ywis .
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- adverb poetic, archaic
Certainly ,surely ,indeed .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In whom I thinke Nature iwis, hath wrought all that she can,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Nis hit ðe no wurðscipe þ̵ þe deouel me to {} drawe. ȝif þu wult hit iðauien iwis he wule ðurchut fawe. vor he nolde neu {er} re þ̵ þu hefedest wurðschipe.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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++Wite ðu to soðe ðat þese teares ðe we embe speke {ð} hie bieð iwis godes ȝiue. ⁊ swiðe niedfulle to ðan inede þat iherd sculen
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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_ Mi fleis is wis mete. ⁊ mi blod iwis dri {n} ke ⁊ aft {er} þ̵ {150} he seið.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Þa þe burh we {s} al ȝare {;} þa scop he hire nome. he hæhte heo ful iwis {;} KaeR {} Carrai an Bruttisc.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Þa þe godes milce secheð {;} he iwis mei ha ifi {n} den.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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In whom I thinke Nature iwis, hath wrought all that she can,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Who erst so valiant prou'd iwis, they gladly, shout and crie:
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Negligent, disobedient and foulmouthed, iwis, And reckless and witless and mannerless: and therewithal he has some other petty vices, which
The Decameron, Volume II Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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⁊ ðenkeð iuel on his mod. fox he is ⁊ fend iwis. ðe boc ne legeð nogt of ðis.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
fbharjo commented on the word iwis
iwis = surely amen. is it an adverb?
December 28, 2006