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weorold-wís

  • adjective
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weorold-wís, adj.
worldly wise, having knowledge of the ways of the world
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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.
  • Ðonne hé gesyhð ða welegan and ða weoruldwísan sweltan

    cum viderit sapientem morientem,

      Ps. Th. 48, 8.
having secular knowledge, learned
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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.
  • Héton woroldwíse menn wordsáwere ðone æðelan láreów Paulus

    ab hujus mundi sapientibus praedicator egregius seminiverbius est vocatus,

      Past. 15 ; Swt. 97, 4.
Etymology
[Þe king sende æfter witien, æfter worldwise monne, ða wisdom cuðen, Laym. 15496. O. H. Ger. weralt-wís mundi sapiens, gymnosophista, maleficus.]
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