Knew; the past tense, from an obsolete present wis, Exodus 16:15 . Wot and wotteth, meaning know and knoweth, Genesis 21:26 39:8 , and to wit, meaning to know, Genesis 24:21 , are also from the same Saxon root. "Do you to wit," 2 Corinthians 8:1 , means, make you to know, or inform you. "To wit," in 2 Corinthians 5:19 , means, that is to say.