verb
weet
weet
verb
1
An old-fashioned or archaic word meaning to know something.
"The narrator writes, "I weet not what fate awaits us," in a deliberately old-fashioned style."
"You may still meet "weet" in older poetry or fantasy writing meant to sound archaic."
How to Use Weet
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old word for "to know," essentially never used in everyday modern English.
Common mistake
Not related to the food brand Weet-Bix, and not the same as "wet."
When to use it
Archaic — you'll only see this in older texts, poetry, or writing that's deliberately imitating older English.
Word Forms
weeted past tense, weets singular
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The narrator writes, "I _____ not what fate awaits us," in a deliberately old-fashioned style.
Etymology
From Middle English weten, an old variant of witen ("to know") — the same root that gives us the modern word "wit."