I wis in Scots

Forms: mair I wis [comparative], maist I wis [superlative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Middle English iwis, from Old English ġewiss (“certainly, indeed”). More at wis. Etymology templates: {{der|sco|enm|iwis}} Middle English iwis, {{der|sco|ang|ġewiss||certainly, indeed}} Old English ġewiss (“certainly, indeed”) Head templates: {{head|sco|adverb|comparative|mair I wis|||||superlative|maist I wis||||}} I wis (comparative mair I wis, superlative maist I wis), {{sco-adv}} I wis (comparative mair I wis, superlative maist I wis)

[Show JSON for postprocessed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▼] [Hide JSON for postprocessed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▲]

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "iwis"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English iwis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ġewiss",
        "4": "",
        "5": "certainly, indeed"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ġewiss (“certainly, indeed”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English iwis, from Old English ġewiss (“certainly, indeed”). More at wis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mair I wis",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maist I wis",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "maist I wis",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "comparative",
        "4": "mair I wis",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "superlative"
      },
      "expansion": "I wis (comparative mair I wis, superlative maist I wis)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "I wis (comparative mair I wis, superlative maist I wis)",
      "name": "sco-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "certainly, assuredly, indeed, truly"
      ],
      "id": "en-I_wis-sco-adv-qqTAg0ba",
      "links": [
        [
          "certainly",
          "certainly"
        ],
        [
          "assuredly",
          "assuredly"
        ],
        [
          "indeed",
          "indeed"
        ],
        [
          "truly",
          "truly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "I wise"
        },
        {
          "word": "wys"
        },
        {
          "word": "wyse"
        },
        {
          "word": "vis"
        },
        {
          "word": "vish"
        },
        {
          "word": "wish"
        },
        {
          "word": "i wis"
        },
        {
          "word": "iwis"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "I wis"
}

[Show JSON for raw wiktextract data ▼] [Hide JSON for raw wiktextract data ▲]

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "iwis"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English iwis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ġewiss",
        "4": "",
        "5": "certainly, indeed"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ġewiss (“certainly, indeed”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English iwis, from Old English ġewiss (“certainly, indeed”). More at wis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mair I wis",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maist I wis",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "maist I wis",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "comparative",
        "4": "mair I wis",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "superlative"
      },
      "expansion": "I wis (comparative mair I wis, superlative maist I wis)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "I wis (comparative mair I wis, superlative maist I wis)",
      "name": "sco-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Scots adverbs",
        "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scots lemmas",
        "Scots multiword terms",
        "Scots terms derived from Middle English",
        "Scots terms derived from Old English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "certainly, assuredly, indeed, truly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "certainly",
          "certainly"
        ],
        [
          "assuredly",
          "assuredly"
        ],
        [
          "indeed",
          "indeed"
        ],
        [
          "truly",
          "truly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "I wise"
    },
    {
      "word": "wys"
    },
    {
      "word": "wyse"
    },
    {
      "word": "vis"
    },
    {
      "word": "vish"
    },
    {
      "word": "wish"
    },
    {
      "word": "i wis"
    },
    {
      "word": "iwis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "I wis"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Scots dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (bcd5c38 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.

"I wis" meaning in Scots

Adverb