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snytro

  • noun [ feminine ]
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snytro, snyttro, snytero(u); indecl. in sing.; pl. is used with the same force as sing.; f.
Prudence, wisdom, sagacity
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  • Snytru

    sapientia,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 6, 2.

  • Hwǽr com heora snyttro

    what has become of their wisdom?

      Blickl. Homl. 99, 31.

  • Wera snytero,

      Cd. Th. 295, 25; Sat. 492.

  • Se þurh snytro spéd smiðcræftega wæs,

      66, 14; Gen. 1084.

  • Ic eom gewis ðínra mægena and snytro,

      Lchdm. i. 326, 4.

  • Snyttro,

      Elen. Kmbl. 586; El. 293.

  • Hié ðære snytro gelýfdon,

      Cd. Th. 217, 25; Dan. 28.

  • Full mið snyttro (snytrum, Rush.) plenus sapientia, Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 40, Ealle ðú mid snyteru worhtest

    omnia in sapientia fecisti,

      Ps. Th. 103, 23.

  • Wísdóm ł snytro

    sapientiam,

      Ps. Spl. 18, 8.

  • Ic ðé gelǽrde swelce snytro swylce manegum ieldran gewittum oftogen is,

      Bt. 8; Fox 24, 28.

  • Snyttro,

      7, 3; Fox 20, 11.

  • Þurh his godcundemeht and þurh his écean snyttro,

      Blickl. Homl. 121, 16.

  • Tó héranne snytro (snyttro,

      Rush.) Salomones, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 42.

  • Þurh sefan snyttro,

      Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 10: Exon. Th. 28, 5; Cri. 442.

  • Beoran on breóstum sibbe and snytero,

      Cd. Th. 277, 19; Sat. 207.

  • Ealle heora snytru beóþ forglendred

    omnis sapientia eorum devorata est,

      Ps. Th. 106, 26.

  • Spræc sunu Arones snytra gemyndig,

      Cd. Th. 148, 28; Gen. 2463.

  • Snyttra,

      Exon. Th. 304, 30; Fä. 78.

  • Þurh snyttra cræft,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1261; An. 631.

  • Ðara ðe geóce tó him séceþ mid snytrum,

      2307; An. 1155.

  • On snytrum

    in sapientia,

      Ps. Th. 89, 14.

  • Mid módes snyttrum,

      Beo. Th. 3416; B. 1706.

  • Snyttrum

    wisely, prudently,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1292; An. 646.

  • Ðeáh ánra gehwylc hæbbe ða .xii. snyttro Habrahames and Isaces and Iacobes,

      Salm. Kmbl. 150, 2.

  • Þurh ða snyttra (snyttro, MS. O.) ðe ic fram ðam sóþan Gode onféng

    per sapientiam mihi a Deo vero donatam,

      Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 3.

  • Paulus ðæt lof Gode betǽhte ðe him snytera (snytra,

      MS. F.)
    and wísdóm sealde, R. Ben. 4, 6.
Etymology
[Goth. snutrei.]
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v. ge-, un-snytro.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “snytro.” 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/28270.

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