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wærness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
wærness, e; f.
Prudence, circumspection, caution
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  • Mid wærnyssa (

    cautela

    ) in gangende, ðæt óþre gebiddende hé ná gelette, Anglia xiii.
      378, 188.
  • Hæfde hé miccle lufan and ealle wærnesse tó ælcum men (

    he was very considerate to everybody), . . . and ðeáh ðe hé on lǽwedum háde beón sceolde, hweðre hé tó ðon wærnesse hæfde on eallum ðingum (he was so circumspect in all things ),

    ðæt hé munuclífe swíþor lifde ðonnelǽwedes mannes,
      Blickl. Homl. 213, 6 11.
Etymology
[Wick. warnesse prudentia.]
Similar entries
v. un-wærness; wær-scipe.
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