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wær-scipe

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wær-scipe, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§611;
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom, in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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Etymology
[Belin wes swiðe wis, and warscipe him folweden, Laym. 5603. Dumbe bestes habbeð þeos warschipe, þet hwon heo beað asailed, heo þrungeð alle togederes, A. R. 252, 6. Warschipe aȝaines unþeawes, H. M. 41, 7. Warsipe and wisedom wið deuel, Misc. 14, 426.]
Similar entries
v. un-wærscipe.
Linked entries
v.  wer-scipe.
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