ywis

British  

/ ɪˈwɪs /

adverb

1. a variant spelling of iwis

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Example Sentences

And when they came to Nottingham They walkèd in the street, And with the proud Sheriff ywis Soon gan they meet.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

Chaucer, Chanouns Yemannes Tale, where, however, mercury figures both as a spirit and a body:— ``The firste spirit quik-silver called is, The second orpiment, the thridde ywis Sal armoniak, and the ferthe brimstoon.''

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Now has Aucassin his bliss, Likewise Nicolette ywis.

From Song and Legend from the Middle Ages by MacClintock, Porter Lander

Ther nis no clerk may write with ynke,   No no man no may bithink, No no maister deuine;   That is ymade forsoth ywis,   Under the brigge of paradis Halven del the pine.

From Purgatory by Sadlier, Mrs. James

Why nowe may ye see what it comth too in the ende, To make a deadly foe of your most louing frende: And ywis this letter if ye woulde heare it now.

From Roister Doister Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College by Arber, Edward