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wan-hygdig

  • adjective
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wan-hygdig, -hýdig; adj.
Foolish, imprudent, thoughtless, careless, reckless
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  • Wonhýdig wer

    vir insipiens,

      Ps. Th. 91, 5: Exon. Th. 95, 14; Cri. 1557 : 343, 25 ; Gn. Ex. 162.
  • Ne sceal wita nó tó hátheort, ne tó hrædwyrde, ne tó wác wiga, ne tó wanhýdig,

      290, 19.
  • Ne mid swíðran his nele brýsan wanhýdig gemód Wealdend engla, ne ðone wlacan smocan wáces flǽsces wætere gedwæscan,

      Dóm. L. 50.
  • Wonhýdige (

    the apostate angels),

      Elen. Kmbl. 1522 ; El. 763.
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. van-hugaðr ill-considered.]
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  • wan-hygdig, adj.