obs. and dial. ff. I warrant, I was, I ween, I wot: see CH. pron.
a. 1553. Udall, Roister D., I. iii. (Arb.), 23. Nere since chwas bore chwine.
1568. T. Howell, Arb. Amitie (1879), 89. Though icham not ȝo ȝeemlic, chwot, as bene the Courtnoles gay.
1589. Hay any Work, 39. Chwarnt tee ti vorehead zaze hard as horne.