I wiss

English Alternative forms en I wuss, en I wis Etymology From an incorrect assumption made by editors where en iwiss i-wiss, en iwis certainly, for sure was hypercorrected to I wiss, as if wiss were a verb and I were the pronoun en I. See also en wiss, en wis, en iwis. Adverb - en archaic or poetic surely, certainly; indeed, assuredly en 1904 Child, Sargent, Kittredge English and Scottish popular ballads To tell the truth, I'm well informed / Yon match is a wile; The sheriff, I wiss, devises this / Us archers to beguile. en 1631 James Ussher; Charles Richard Elrington The whole works: Volume 4 Such wholesome directions doth the bishop of Rome give unto those that will be ruled by him : far different (I wiss) from that holy doctrine, wherewith the Church of Rome was at first seasoned by the apostles [...] I take him for some fiend, I wiss. — Grim, the Collier of Croydon, author unknown.