YWIS
Adverb
ywis (not comparable)
Obsolete spelling of iwis.
Anagrams
• iwys
Source: Wiktionary
Y*wis", adv. Etym: [OE. ywis, iwis, AS. gewis certain; akin to D.
gewis, G. gewiss, and E. wit to know. See Wit to know, and Y-.]
Definition: Certainly; most likely; truly; probably. [Obs. or Archaic]
"Ywis," quod he, "it is full dear, I say." Chaucer.
She answered me, "I-wisse, all their sport in the park is but a
shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato." Ascham.
A right good knight, and true of word ywis. Spenser.
Note: The common form iwis was often written with the prefix apart
from the rest of the word and capitalized, as, I wis, I wisse, etc.
The prefix was mistaken for the pronoun, I and wis, wisse, for a form
of the verb wit to know. See Wis, and cf. Wit, to know.
Our ship, I wis, Shall be of another form than this. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition