wist

wist
wist (v.) "to know" (archaic), c.1500, from O.E. past tense of witan "to know" (Cf. Ger. wusste, past tense of wissen "to know"); see WIT (Cf. wit). Had-I-wiste was used c.1400-1550 in sense "regret for something done rashly or heedlessly;" see WIST (Cf. wist). Proverbial in expression Had-I-wiste cometh ever too late.
Haddywyst comyth euer to late Whan lewyd woordis beth owte y-spronge. ["Commonplace book" in Trinity College, Cambridge, c.1500]

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