🧠 To know ❓ What (informal)

to wot

9.9

To know about something in old writing

verb
/wɒt/

Archaic

: saber

In the ancient manuscript, the hero declared, 'I wot not of this danger.'

Examples

I wot the truth about the matter.
Few today wot the meaning of such old-fashioned words.
He spoke as if he wot secrets no one else could guess.
Do you wot what he has done?
In the poem, the knight professed, 'I wot of love and honor, though many do not.'
Few scholars today wot the origins of the ancient dialect spoken in this region.
He declared with confidence, 'I wot the truth behind the legend.'

Synonyms

to know

vsto wot

∞ 1.0

To have information about something

is the older chiefly literary form rather than modern common usage

to weet

vsto wot

Archaic

1 9.9

To know or be aware of something

is the literary or archaic form used in older texts

How Certain

positutely sure

Informal

9.8

to wot

Archaic

9.9

to think

∞ 1.0

guess

768 1.0

Surface Forms

wot infinitive

wotting present participle

wots third person singular

wotted past

wotted past participle

Etymology

The word wot comes from an old English verb witan meaning 'to know' and is the same root as the English word wit (knowledge). So in old books wot simply means 'know', which is why it is used to say someone knows or is aware of something.