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ge-swiporness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ge-swiporness, -swiforness, -swioporness, e; f.
Craft, cunning, art: versutia
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  • Ðæs deófles geswipornysse syndon swíðe unasecgendlíce

    the devil's arts are quite indescribable,

      Shrn. 38, 35.
  • Ðæs ealdan feóndes geswifornis

    the old enemy's cunning,

      37, 14.
  • Se ðe wiste geswipernise [-swiopornisse, Rush.] hiora

    qui sciens versutiam eorum,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 15.
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  • ge-swiporness, n.