weorold-wís
- adjective
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On óðre wísan mon sceal manian ða woroldwísan (cf. ða ðe ðisse worulde lotwrenceas cunnon and ða lufigeaþ, 30 ; Swt. 203, 5), on óðre ða dysegan
aliter hujus mundi sapientes admonendi sunt, aliter hebetes,
- Past. 23; Swt. 175, 16.
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Ðonne hé gesyhð ða welegan and ða weoruldwísan sweltan
cum viderit sapientem morientem,
- Ps. Th. 48, 8.
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Ðone hys yldran be*-*fæston on hys cnyhtháde sumum woruldwýsan men, ðæt hé æt ðam leornode ða seofon cræftas,
- Shrn. 152, 11.
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Héton woroldwíse menn wordsáwere ðone æðelan láreów Paulus
ab hujus mundi sapientibus praedicator egregius seminiverbius est vocatus,
- Past. 15 ; Swt. 97, 4.
Bosworth, Joseph. “weorold-wís.” 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/35288.
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