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ge-sceádwísnes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ge-sceádwísnes, ness, e; f.
Reason, discretion; ratio
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  • Geléf ðínre ágenre gesceádwísnesse

    believe thine own reason,

      Shrn. 199, 12: Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 9: Past. 11, 2; Swt. 65, 21; Hat. MS. 14 b, 27: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 375; Met. 188: 393; Met. 20, 197.
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  • ge-sceádwísnes, n.