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Old English · adjective

gewiss

Normalised ġewiss

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/jeˈwiss/
[jeˈwis]
Syllables
je · ˈwiss (2 syllables)
Modern English
certaintysureiwiswisunfailingfor surecertainlyparticular

gewiss1 · adjective

Senses

  1. sure (+ genitive of something)

  2. certain, particular

  3. unfailing

Declension

Strong declension of gewiss
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ġewissġewissġewiss
Accusative ġewisneġewisseġewiss
Genitive ġewissesġewisreġewisses
Dative ġewissumġewisreġewissum
Instrumental ġewisseġewisreġewisse
Plural
Nominative ġewisseġewissaġewisseġewiss
Accusative ġewisseġewissaġewisseġewiss
Genitive ġewisraġewisraġewisra
Dative ġewissumġewissumġewissum
Instrumental ġewissumġewissumġewissum
Weak declension of gewiss
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ġewissaġewisseġewisse
Accusative ġewissanġewissanġewisse
Genitive ġewissanġewissanġewissan
Dative ġewissanġewissanġewissan
Instrumental ġewissanġewissanġewissan
Plural
Nominative ġewissanġewissanġewissan
Accusative ġewissanġewissanġewissan
Genitive ġewisraġewissenaġewisraġewissenaġewisraġewissena
Dative ġewissumġewissumġewissum
Instrumental ġewissumġewissumġewissum

gewiss2 · adverb

Senses

  1. for sure, certainly

    Hēo becōm tō þǣre stōwe and āfand þrēo rōde. Ān wæs þæs Hǣlendes, and þā ōðra þāra þēofa. Þā nyste hēo ġewiss hwelc wǣre Cristes rōd.

    She came to the place and discovered three crosses. One was Jesus', and the others belonged to the thieves. But she didn't know for sure which cross was Christ's.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "The Invention of the Holy Cross"

gewiss3 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. certainty

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of gewiss
SingularPlural
Nominative ġewissġewiss
Accusative ġewissġewiss
Genitive ġewissesġewissa
Dative ġewisseġewissum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gawissaz (“certain”), equivalent to ġe- + the Proto-Germanic past participle of *witaną (whence Old English witan). Cognate with Old Frisian wiss, Old Saxon giwiss, Old Dutch *giwis, Old High German giwiss, Old Norse viss.

Descendants

iwis, wis

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