wisen

From wise +‎ -en.

wisen (third-person singular simple present wisens, present participle wisening, simple past and past participle wisened)

1. (intransitive) To become wise or wiser.
2. (transitive) To make wise or wiser.
   • 2016, Danny Barker, Alyn Shipton, A Life in Jazz, page 92:

     Joe laughed, saying, “Boy, I got to talk to you and wisen you up. […] ”

Usually followed by up: "The ignorant always wisen up." -Charles Neal.

• Wenis, Wiens, Wines, sewin, sinew, swein, swine, we'ins, wenis, wines

From Old Dutch wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīsijaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːzən/

wisen

1. to point out, to indicate
2. to lead
3. to teach
4. to assign
5. to determine

• Dutch: wijzen
• Limburgish: wieze

• “wisen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “wisen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

• wijss, wise, wyse, wysen

Inherited from Old English wīsian, from Proto-West Germanic *wīsōn, from Proto-Germanic *wīsōną; by surface analysis, wise (“way”) +‎ -en (infinitive suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːzən/
• IPA^(key): /wiːs/ (Northern)

wisen (third-person singular simple present wiseth, present participle wisende, wisynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wised) (especially Northern)

1. (transitive) To direct or send:
   1. To reveal or point out (a path).
   2. To guide or lead through (a path).
   3. (rare) To move or travel.
2. (transitive) To rule or manage.
3. (transitive) To advise; to provide with advice.
4. (transitive, rare) To appear or emerge.

• English: wise (dialectal)
• Middle Scots: wise, wyse
  • Scots: wise, wize, wyse

• “wīsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Proto-Germanic *wīsijaną.

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈwiːs̠ən/

wīsen (class 2 weak or class 1 weak, third-person singular present wīset, past tense wīste or wīsete, past participle gewīset or gewīst, auxiliary hān)

1. (transitive) to teach

   [with accusative ‘someone’] [with accusative ‘something’; or with genitive ‘something’]

   [with accusative ‘someone’] [with an (+ accusative) ‘something’; or with über (+ accusative) ‘something’]

   [with accusative ‘someone’] [with accusative ‘something’] [with an]

2. (transitive) to indicate, show, to lead, to guide [with accusative ‘someone’]
3. (transitive) to show [with accusative ‘someone’] [with accusative ‘something’; or with genitive ‘something’]
4. (transitive) to show [with dative ‘someone’] [with accusative ‘something’]
5. (transitive) to reveal, to announce [with accusative ‘something’]

• German: weisen

• Two forms exist which suggest conflation with the conjugation of verbs in Strong Class I.
  • weis for wīste is attested once.
  • gewisen for gewīset is attested.

Unclear, but likely from Proto-Germanic *wīsōną.

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈwiːs̠ən/

wīsen (class 2 weak, third-person singular present wīset, past tense wīste, past participle gewīset, auxiliary hān)

1. (transitive) to take care of, to care for, to take on, to check on, to look after, to see to [with genitive ‘someone or something’]
2. (transitive) to seek [with accusative ‘someone or something’]
3. (transitive) to give [with dative ‘someone’] a gift typically at festivals or occasions; for instance, a gift for a bride

From Proto-West Germanic *wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīsijaną (“to make wise”).

wīsen

1. to indicate, show
2. to lead, bring
3. to call
4. to invite

• Middle High German: wīsen
  • German: weisen
  • Luxembourgish: weisen
  • Yiddish: ווײַזן (vayzn)