> wit, v.1 arch. exc. in legal use: see 10 c (b).
Pres. t. wot (Sc. and north. dial. wat); pa. t. and pple. wist. Forms: see below.
Etymology: A Com. Teut. preterite-present verb: OE. witan, 1st and 3rd sing. pres. ind. wát, 2nd pers. wást, pl. witon, pa. t. wisse, wiste, pa. pple. ʒewiten, OFris. wita, wêt, *wast, *witon, witen and witath, wiste (mod.Fris. dialects have various analogical forms, e.g. pa. pple. wist, wust), OS. witan, wêt, wêst, witun, wissa (MLG., MDutch wêten, weet, weets, weten, wiste, gheweten, LG., Dutch weten), OHG. wiȥȥan, wiȥan, weiȥ, wiȥ(ȥ)umês, wiȥ(ȥ)un, wissa, w…