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snotor

  • adjective
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Grammar
snotor, snottor (-er, -ur); adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§219; §255; §259; §298; §431; §639;
Prudent, wise, sagacious
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  • Snotor

    prudens

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 35.

  • Snoter

    • 76, 12.

  • Cwom Daniel tó dóme, se wæs snotor

    • Cd. Th. 225, 8
      • ;
    • Dan. 151.

  • Nis nǽnig swá snotor . . . ne ðæs swá gleáw, nymþe God seolfa

    • 286, 8
      • ;
    • Sat. 349.

  • Á sceal snotor hycgean ymb ðysse worulde gewinn

    • Menol. Fox 570
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 54
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 1656
      • ;
    • B. 826.

  • Snotur

    • Ps. Th. 118, 23.

  • Ðæs snottor in sefan ðæt hé ána mǽge ealle geríman stánas on eorðan

    • Cd. Th. 205, 19
      • ;
    • Exod. 438.

  • Fród wita, snottor ár

    • Exon. Th. 313, 18
      • ;
    • Mód. 2.

  • Swá cwæð snottor on móde, gesæt him sundor æt rúne

    • 293, 4
      • ;
    • Wand. 111.

  • Rǽdum snottor, wís on gewitte

    • Andr. Kmbl. 938
      • ;
    • An. 469.

  • Se wítga snottor searuþancum

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2377
      • ;
    • El. 1190.

  • Se snotera

    • Beo. Th. 2631
      • ;
    • B. 1313.

  • Snotra

    • 6231
      • ;
    • B. 3120.

  • Snottra

    • 3577
      • ;
    • B. 1786.

  • Salomon se snottra

    • Past. 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 37, 16.

  • Seó snotere mægð

    • Judth. Thw. 23, 17
      • ;
    • Jud. 125.

  • Snottrum men snǽd óðglídeþ

    • Salm. Kmbl. 803
      • ;
    • Sal. 401.

  • Háligne wer and snotorne

    virum sanctum et sapientem

    • Bd. 3, 23
      • ;
    • S. 554, 9.

  • Ðú mé snoterne gedydest

    prudentem me fecisti

    • Ps. Th. 118, 98.

  • Ðone snoteran Salomon

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 28.

  • Mín sóðfæste snotere bídaþ

    me expectaverunt justi

    • Ps. Th. 141, 9.

  • Snotre men

    • 57, 4.

  • Snotre

    urbana

    • Hpt. Gl. 481, 40.

  • Snottere selerǽdend

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1317
      • ;
    • An. 659.

  • Snottre and unwíse

    • Blickl. Homl. 107, 11.

  • Snottre ceorlas

    • Beo. Th. 3187
      • ;
    • B. 1591.

  • Hwylc is wísra, wel snotera

    • Ps. Th. 106, 42.

  • Engla werod snotra

    • Hy. 3, 16.

  • Snoterra mon

    • Salm. Kmbl. 502
      • ;
    • Sal. 251.

  • Gomol snoterost, fyrngeárum fród

    • Menol. Fox 482
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 11.

  • Ðú oferswíþdest ðone snotrestan helwerena cyning

    • Exon. Th. 275, 1
      • ;
    • Jul. 543.

  • Burgsittendum ðám snoterestum

    • Elen. Kmbl. 553
      • ;
    • El. 277.

  • Ða ðe hé wíseste and snotereste wiste

    quos sapientiores noverat

    • Bd. 2, 9
      • ;
    • S. 512, 11.
  • [

    Þet folc bið iseli þurh snoterne biscop

    • O. E. Homl. i. 117, 19.

  • Uþwitess unndersstodenn þurrh snoterr gyn

    • Orm. 7087.
    ]
Etymology
[
Goth. snutrs
:
O. H. Ger. snot[t]ar prudens
:
Icel. snotr
]
Linked entries
v.  snytre.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “snotor.” 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/28253.

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