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Old English · noun

wise

Normalised wīse

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈwiː.se/
[ˈwiː.ze]
Syllables
ˈwiː · se (2 syllables)
Modern English
waystalkmannersprout

wise1 · adjective · inflected form

Senses

  1. inflection of wīs:; accusative feminine singular

  2. inflection of wīs:; instrumental masculine/neuter singular

  3. inflection of wīs:; nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural

  4. Inflected form of wīs

wise2 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. way (manner)

    Ne līcaþ mē sēo wīse þe hēo mē on lōcaþ.

    I don't like the way she looks at me.

Declension · weak n-stem

Declension of wise
SingularPlural
Nominative wīsewīsan
Accusative wīsanwīsan
Genitive wīsanwīsena
Dative wīsanwīsum

wise3 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. a sprout, stalk

Declension · weak n-stem

Declension of wise
SingularPlural
Nominative wīsewīsan
Accusative wīsanwīsan
Genitive wīsanwīsena
Dative wīsanwīsum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wīsā, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō, *wīsaz. Cognate with Dutch wijze, German Weise, Swedish vis, Italian guisa, Spanish guisa.

From Proto-Germanic *waisō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to increase”). Cognate with Old Norse vísir (“sprout, bud”), Lithuanian veisti (“propagate”).

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