wot

«wot» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: know — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

know

part of speech

verb, present tense of wit (with I)

meaning for a pupil

I know; I am aware. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say "I know". "God wot" is an old phrase meaning "God knows".

examples

• He replied: “Dear uncle, heavy news, God wot!” (English Fairy Tales) tree →
• "Silly maiden, thy words make a lot Of a very small matter; For fear of my valour, I wot, His armour will clatter. (Indian Fairy Tales) tree →

primary record

know

tests

manual 5; corpora 2 (Torah 0, tales 2, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.2 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wot» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.