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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wot/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wot/#x1)
- "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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wot/#x2)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wot/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.