Middle English Dictionary Entry
yis adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | yis adv. |
| Etymology | From yis interj. or OE gīse, gȳse adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ye adv.
1.
Indeed, truly;—used parenthetically with reduced semantic force.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)117 : Hit watȝ a wenyng vn-war þat welt in his mynde, Þaȝ he were soȝt fro Samarye þat God seȝ no fyrre, Ȝise, he blusched ful brode.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)635 : Why schulde he not her labour alow, Ȝys, and pay hym at þe fyrst fyne?
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Rom.3.29 : Wheþer of Iewys only god is formere; wheþer he be not of þe folc, ȝis, and of þe folc?
- ?a1475 LDirige(2) (Dc 322)399 : Trowest thow nat that man shal ryse Ayene to lyfe, that dyed onys, Yes, and that in a wonderful wyse, With flesshe and felle, bloode and bones?