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un-wísdóm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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un-wísdóm, es; m.
folly, stupidity
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  • Unwísdóm stultitia, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 7, 22.

    Insipientia,

    ðæt is unwísdóm,
      Wulfst. 52, 17.

  • From onsiéne unwísdómes (insipientiae) mínes

    fra face of mine unwisdome

    (Ps.),
      Ps. Surt. 37, 6.

  • Tó unwísdóme

    ad insipientiam,

      Ps. Spl. 21, 2.

  • Mid unwísdóme gefyllede,

      Lk. Skt. 6, 11.

  • Hit com of ðæs abbotes unwísdóme, ðæt hé misbeád his munecan on fela þingan,

      Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 3.

  • Se ðe samnaþ ungemætlíce weolan, for his unwísdóme (

    stultitia

    ) sylle hé ðone þriddan dǽle þearfum,
      L. Ecg. P. addit. 7; Th. ii. 232, 24.
  • Se wísdóm is ðæs Hálgan Gástes gifu; deófol sǽwð ðǽrtógeánes unwísdóm. Wulfst. 52, 26.
ignorance
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  • Unwísdómes blendnise

    ignorantiae cecitate,

      Rtl. 38, 9.

  • Sóna swá hí heora mód áwendaþ from Gode, swá weorþaþ hí áblende mid unwísdóme

    ubi oculos a summae luce veritatis ad inferiora dejecerint, mox inscitiae nube caligant,

      Bt. 40, 7; Fox 242, 31.

  • For ðæs láreówes unwísdóme

    pastorum imperitia,

      Past. 1; Swt. 29, 4.

  • Hé of yfelum wiilan ne gesyngaþ, ac of unwísdóme (

    non malitia, sed sola ignorantia

    ),
      21; Swt. 157, 25.
Etymology
[We habbet idon unwisdom, Laym. 3383. Bihold i þine soule two þinges-sunne and ignorance; þet is, unwisdom and unwitenesse, A. R. 278, 7. O. H. Ger. un-wístuom ignavia, insapientia.]
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v. on-unwísdóm.
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v.  wís-dóm.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-wísdóm.” 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/33988.

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