- a variation of iwis.
ywis
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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Ther nis no clerk may write with ynke, No no man no may bithink, No no maister deuine; That is ymade forsoth ywis.
From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Sir Walter Scott
One that hath hearde all your talke and singyng ywis.
From Roister Doister Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College by Edward Arber
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 Porter Lander MacClintock
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
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