wistn.

Brit.

/wɪst/, U.S.

/wɪst/

Etymology: In Anglo-Latin wista, wysta; ? a use of Old English wist provision, sustenance, applied originally to an area which provided sustenance for a community of a certain size.

local.

A Sussex land measure of area, the extent of which has been variously computed (see quots. and J. Tout in Engl. Hist. Rev. XVIII. 705 ff.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > other units of land measure

wandalec1150

wista1200

landc1400

ridge1439

peck1442

scrophec1450

buttc1460

rig1485

mark1488

stick1531

farthingdeal1543

plough-gang1548

quarterland1563

ploughgate1565

last1576

wand1596

ox-skin1610

garbred1621

plank1631

nooka1634

buttal1635

farthinga1640

rick1641

familia1676

rhandir1688

setiera1690

worthine1701

fierding1768

whip-land1811

rai1933

a1200 Chron. Battle Abbey (1980) 50 Octo itaque uirgate unam hidam faciunt. Wista uero quattuor uirgatis constat.

a1200 Chron. Battle Abbey (1980) 60 Diuiditur igitur leuga per wistas, que aliis in locis uirgate uocantur.

a1200 Chron. Battle Abbey (1980) 62 In Petlee est una wista in dominio... Ista enim quadraginta viii acris constat.

c1300 in Custumals Battle Abbey (Camden) 26 Radulphus Bedellus tenet j wistam. Idem tenet j magnam wistam.

c1312 in Custumals Battle Abbey (Camden) 100 Virgata seu wysta est sextadecima pars unius feodi militis. Quatuor virgatæ seu wystæ faciunt unam hydam.

c1650 in Sussex Archaeol. Coll. (1853) 6 236 I doo allowe tithe free, to my Parishioners, for euery Wist of land that they till, one oxe pasture upon the lease.

1799 Book of Surveys of D. of Dorset's lands in Sussex (MS) , under ‘Lullington’ Upon this Tenant Down the D. of Dorset has a right to stock for two Wists & a half of land sixty sheep for each Wist.

1853 Sussex Archaeol. Coll. 6 236 A ‘wist’ in Berwick, according to..the Rev. John Hawes, was ordinarily 16 acres; but he afterwards found that in some of the farms it was 18 acres. In Saxon times the wist was 4 virgates or 60 acres.

1892 P. G. Vinogradoff Villainage in Eng. 255.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† wistadj.

Etymology: apparently back-formation < wistly adv.

Obsolete. rare.

Attentive, intent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adjective]

intentivec1386

intendable1390

studiousa1400

diligentc1400

intendantc1440

suspensec1450

attent1482

heartbounda1586

searchful1594

intent1610

wist1615

wistful1616

intense1640

imminent1641

concentrative1725

well-attending1725

acuminated1786

spell-bound1799

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 550 Motus Tonicus, wee in our Language cal it a Set or wist-looke.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

wistv.

Brit.

/wɪst/, U.S.

/wɪst/

Etymology: Partly < I wist, corrupt form of iwis (see wis v.²); partly erroneous use of past tense wist of wit v.¹

pseudo-archaic.

To know; in quot. 1594 in past participle= caused to know, informed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge, know [verb (transitive)]

i-witec900

wit971

yknowOE

canOE

i-kenc1000

seeOE

yknowOE

understanda1131

knowlOE

can (or could) skillc1340

cona1387

havec1405

kyd1530

weeta1547

digest1549

wist1580

wis1606

savvy1686

sabe1850

a1513 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen in Poems (1998) I. 42 Ane was ane wedow, iwis.]

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 98^v You gall mee more with these tearmes, then you wist [1597 wish, 1606 wisse].

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xiv. 255 Samuel now wisted [Sp. como ya estaua aduertido], that a great stature was no sure token, caused him to be sent for.

1614 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe C 6 Better cannot be I wist, Descant on it he that list.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere iii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 15 It mov'd and mov'd, and took at last A certain shape, I wist.]

1858 Buckle Infl. Women Progr. Knowl. in Misc. Wks. (1885) I. 68 Though he [sc. Hamlet] wists not of this, he is moved.., and he, like Göthe, takes up a skull, and his speculative faculties begin to work.

1893 F. Thompson Poems 15 Wings, I wist, Whose amethyst Trepidations have forgone me.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.a1200

adj.1615

v.1580

单词	wist
释义	wistn. Brit. /wɪst/, U.S. /wɪst/ Etymology: In Anglo-Latin wista, wysta; ? a use of Old English wist provision, sustenance, applied originally to an area which provided sustenance for a community of a certain size. local. A Sussex land measure of area, the extent of which has been variously computed (see quots. and J. Tout in Engl. Hist. Rev. XVIII. 705 ff.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > other units of land measure wandalec1150 wista1200 landc1400 ridge1439 peck1442 scrophec1450 buttc1460 rig1485 mark1488 stick1531 farthingdeal1543 plough-gang1548 quarterland1563 ploughgate1565 last1576 wand1596 ox-skin1610 garbred1621 plank1631 nooka1634 buttal1635 farthinga1640 rick1641 familia1676 rhandir1688 setiera1690 worthine1701 fierding1768 whip-land1811 rai1933 a1200 Chron. Battle Abbey (1980) 50 Octo itaque uirgate unam hidam faciunt. Wista uero quattuor uirgatis constat. a1200 Chron. Battle Abbey (1980) 60 Diuiditur igitur leuga per wistas, que aliis in locis uirgate uocantur. a1200 Chron. Battle Abbey (1980) 62 In Petlee est una wista in dominio... Ista enim quadraginta viii acris constat. c1300 in Custumals Battle Abbey (Camden) 26 Radulphus Bedellus tenet j wistam. Idem tenet j magnam wistam. c1312 in Custumals Battle Abbey (Camden) 100 Virgata seu wysta est sextadecima pars unius feodi militis. Quatuor virgatæ seu wystæ faciunt unam hydam. c1650 in Sussex Archaeol. Coll. (1853) 6 236 I doo allowe tithe free, to my Parishioners, for euery Wist of land that they till, one oxe pasture upon the lease. 1799 Book of Surveys of D. of Dorset's lands in Sussex (MS) , under ‘Lullington’ Upon this Tenant Down the D. of Dorset has a right to stock for two Wists & a half of land sixty sheep for each Wist. 1853 Sussex Archaeol. Coll. 6 236 A ‘wist’ in Berwick, according to..the Rev. John Hawes, was ordinarily 16 acres; but he afterwards found that in some of the farms it was 18 acres. In Saxon times the wist was 4 virgates or 60 acres. 1892 P. G. Vinogradoff Villainage in Eng. 255. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † wistadj. Etymology: apparently back-formation < wistly adv. Obsolete. rare. Attentive, intent. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adjective] intentivec1386 intendable1390 studiousa1400 diligentc1400 intendantc1440 suspensec1450 attent1482 heartbounda1586 searchful1594 intent1610 wist1615 wistful1616 intense1640 imminent1641 concentrative1725 well-attending1725 acuminated1786 spell-bound1799 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 550 Motus Tonicus, wee in our Language cal it a Set or wist-looke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2020). wistv. Brit. /wɪst/, U.S. /wɪst/ Etymology: Partly < I wist, corrupt form of iwis (see wis v.²); partly erroneous use of past tense wist of wit v.¹ pseudo-archaic. To know; in quot. 1594 in past participle= caused to know, informed. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge, know [verb (transitive)] i-witec900 wit971 yknowOE canOE i-kenc1000 seeOE yknowOE understanda1131 knowlOE can (or could) skillc1340 cona1387 havec1405 kyd1530 weeta1547 digest1549 wist1580 wis1606 savvy1686 sabe1850 a1513 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen in Poems (1998) I. 42 Ane was ane wedow, iwis.] 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 98^v You gall mee more with these tearmes, then you wist [1597 wish, 1606 wisse]. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xiv. 255 Samuel now wisted [Sp. como ya estaua aduertido], that a great stature was no sure token, caused him to be sent for. 1614 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe C 6 Better cannot be I wist, Descant on it he that list. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere iii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 15 It mov'd and mov'd, and took at last A certain shape, I wist.] 1858 Buckle Infl. Women Progr. Knowl. in Misc. Wks. (1885) I. 68 Though he [sc. Hamlet] wists not of this, he is moved.., and he, like Göthe, takes up a skull, and his speculative faculties begin to work. 1893 F. Thompson Poems 15 Wings, I wist, Whose amethyst Trepidations have forgone me.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1200adj.1615v.1580
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