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sám-wís

  • adjective
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sám-wís, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§582;
Dull, foolish
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  • Wénaþ sámwíse (cf. ða dysegan men,

      Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 22)
    ðæt hí on ðís lǽnan mǽgen lífe findan sóþa gesǽlþa. Met. 19, 34.
  • Ða sámwísan (

    hebetes

    ) sint tó manianne ðæt hié wilnien tó wiotonne ðæt ðæt hié nyton,
      Past. 30, l ; Swt. 201, 7.
  • Cf. med-wís.
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v.  sár-wís.
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  • sám-wís, adj.