"wist" meaning in Old English

See wist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wist/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wisti (“essence”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*wisti|t=essence}} Proto-West Germanic *wisti (“essence”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} wist f, {{ang-noun|f}} wist f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-i-f|wist}}, {{ang-decl-noun|wist|wiste,wista|wist,wiste|wiste,wista|wiste|wista|wiste|wistum|num=|title=|type=strong i-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], wist [nominative, singular], wiste [nominative, plural], wista [nominative, plural], wist [accusative, singular], wiste [accusative, singular], wiste [accusative, plural], wista [accusative, plural], wiste [genitive, singular], wista [genitive, plural], wiste [dative, singular], wistum [dative, plural]
  1. being, existence Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-wist-ang-noun-snFtHTjT
  2. well-being Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-wist-ang-noun-K7zAYNoD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: andwist, midwist, samodwist
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /wist/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wisti (“food”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*wisti|id=food|t=food}} Proto-West Germanic *wisti (“food”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} wist f, {{ang-noun|f}} wist f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-i-f|wist}}, {{ang-decl-noun|wist|wiste,wista|wist,wiste|wiste,wista|wiste|wista|wiste|wistum|num=|title=|type=strong i-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], wist [nominative, singular], wiste [nominative, plural], wista [nominative, plural], wist [accusative, singular], wiste [accusative, singular], wiste [accusative, plural], wista [accusative, plural], wiste [genitive, singular], wista [genitive, plural], wiste [dative, singular], wistum [dative, plural]
  1. provisions, food Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-wist-ang-noun-i3e2BdAU
  2. feast, meal Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-wist-ang-noun-URslx8LK
  3. delicacy Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-wist-ang-noun-CjtK7yLv
  4. abundance, plenty Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-wist-ang-noun-ut3YfGMD Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 15 22 13 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wist f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "wist f",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wist"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-i-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wist",
        "2": "wiste,wista",
        "3": "wist,wiste",
        "4": "wiste,wista",
        "5": "wiste",
        "6": "wista",
        "7": "wiste",
        "8": "wistum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong i-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "provisions, food"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "provisions",
          "provisions"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He remembers hall-men and takings of treasures,\nhow his goldfriend accustomed him\nto feast on youth. Mirth has completely perished.",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "Ġemon hē seleseċġas · ond sincþege,\nhū hine on ġeoguðe · his goldwine\nwenede tō wiste · Wyn eal ġedrēas.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feast, meal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feast",
          "feast"
        ],
        [
          "meal",
          "meal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "delicacy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "delicacy",
          "delicacy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "...It befitteth thee not since to thee the Lord hath given wealth and abundance and worldly prosperity,...",
          "text": "The Legend of St. Andrew in Verse\n...Ne ġedafenað þē nū þē dryhten ġeaf welan and wiste and woruldspēde,...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "abundance, plenty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abundance",
          "abundance"
        ],
        [
          "plenty",
          "plenty"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wist/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wist"
}

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