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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wis \Wis\, adverb [Aphetic form of iwis, ywis; or fr. Icel. viss certain. See {Ywis}.] Certainly; really; indeed. [Obs.] ''As wis God helpe me.'' --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wis \Wis\, verb (used with an object) [Due to mistaking OE. iwis certain, AS. gewiss, for I wis. See {Ywis}.] To think; to suppose; to imagine; -- used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under {Ywis}. [Obs. or Poetic] ''Howe'er you wis.'' --R. Browning.
Nor do I know how long it is (For I have lain entranced, I wis). --Coleridge.
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