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wær-líc

  • adjective
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Grammar
wær-líc, adj.
Cautious, prudent, wise, circumspect
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  • Wærlíc

    cauta, sollicita,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 70.
  • Wærlíc bið ðæt man ǽghwilce geáre sóna æfter Eástron fyrdscipa gearwige,

      L. Eth. vi. 33; Th. i. 324, 3.
  • Wærlíc mé þinceþ ðæt gé wæccende wið hettendra hildewóman wearde healden,

      Exon. Th. 282, 12; Jul. 662.
  • Wísdómes beþearf, worda wærlícra, and witan snyttro, se ðære æðelan sceal andwyrde gifan,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1083; El. 544.
Etymology
[Icel. var-ligr.]
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v. ful-, un-wærlíc.
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