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gleáwnes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
gleáwnes, glauwnes, se; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§609;
Prudence, skill, wisdom, ability, sagacity, acuteness
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  • Gleáwnys

    argutiæ,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 115
      • ;
    • Som. 80, 48
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 61, 26
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  • Gleáwnysse

    prudentiam,

    • Ps. Spl. 48, 3
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    • 104, 20
      • .

  • He hæfde ða gleáwnysse Godes beboda to healdenne and to lǽranne

    industriam faciendi et docendi mandata cælestia,

    • Bd. 3, 17
      • ;
    • S. 545, 9
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  • Twegen geonge æðelingas mycelre glauwnesse men of Angelþeóde

    duo juvenes magnæ indolis, de nobilibus Anglorum,

    • 3, 27
      • ;
    • S. 558, 29
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  • Wer well gelǽred and scearpre gleáwnysse

    vir doctissimus atque excellentis ingenii,

    • 4, 23
      • ;
    • S. 594, 35
      • .

  • Þeód is búton geþeahte and bútan glǽwnisse

    the nation is void of counsel and of understanding,

    • Deut. 32, 28
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  • Beheald ðas sunnan mid gleáwnysse

    behold this sun intelligently,

    • Homl. Th. i. 284, 34
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  • Seó orþonce gláunes

    the ingenious skill,

    • Blickl. Homl. 99, 31
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  • Mid gleáwnesse feónd oferfeohtaþ

    with prudence they overcome the fiend,

    • Exon. 44 a
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    • Th. 150, 6
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    • Gú. 774
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 1920
      • ;
    • El. 962
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gleáwnes.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17201.

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