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wís

  • adjective
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wís, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§126; §240; §426; §620;
wise, discreet, judicious
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  • Wís

    sapiens

      Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 10

    fronimus

      47, 34.
Grammar
wís, of persons
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  • Ne scyle nán wís monn (vir sapiens) forhtigan,

    • Bt. 40, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 238, 8, 13, 15.
  • Ne mæg weorþan wís wer ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl in woruldríce,

    • Exon. Th. 290, 12
    • ;
    • Wand. 64.
  • Ðú eart gleáw and scearp, wís on ðínum gewitte and on ðínum worde snottor,

    • 463, 30
    • ;
    • Hö. 78.
  • Cyninges rǽswa, wís and wordgleáw,

    • Cd. Th. 242, 12
    • ;
    • Dan. 418.
  • Ne hýrde ic snotorlícor guman þingian. Ðú eart wís wordcwida,

    • Beo. Th. 3694
    • ;
    • B. 1845.
  • Azarias Dryhten herede, wís in weorcum,

    • Exon. Th. 185, 7
    • ;
    • Az. 4.
  • Se wísa mon eall his líf lǽt on gefeán, ðonne hé forsihþ ðás eorþlícan gód,

    • Bt. 12
    • ;
    • Fox 36, 24.
  • Se wísa spræc sunu Healfdenes

    • Beo. Th. 3401
    • ;
    • B. 1698.
  • Ðis is wæstm wíses and goodes, ðe his sóðfæst weorc symble lǽste,

    est fructus justo

      Ps. Th. 57, 10.
  • Gelíc ðam wísan were (viro sapienti)

      Mt. Kmbl. 7, 24.
  • Se cyning him ceóse sumne wísne man and glǽwne (virum sapientem et industrium),

      Gen. 41, 33.
  • Hié sǽdon ðæt hié wǽren wiése (wíse,

      Cott. MSS.
    ), and ðá wurdon hié dysige,

    • Past. 11
    • ;
    • Swt. 71, 2: 30
    • ;
    • Swt. 203, 10.
  • Wín nys drenc cilda ne dysigra, ac ealdra and wísra,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 21
    • ;
    • Ps. Th. 106, 42.
  • Mæg ic wísran findan, ðonne ðú eart?

    • Gen. 41, 39
    • ;
    • Andr. Kmbl. 947
    • ;
    • An. 474.
  • Swelce hí sién micle wærran and wísran,

    • Past. 35
    • ;
    • Swt. 245, 1.
  • Swelc eówer swelce him selfum ðynce ðætte wísasð sié on ðǽm lotwrencum, weorðe ðæs ǽresð dysig, ðæt hé mæge ðonan weorðan wís,

    • 30
    • ;
    • Swt. 203, 20.
  • Mid his ealdormannum, ða ðe hé wíseste and snotereste wiste, hé gelóm*-*líce ðeahtade,

    • Bd. 2, 9
    • ;
    • S. 512, 10.
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wís, of animals
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  • Sió wilde beó ðeáh wís sié,

      Met. 18, 5.
  • Wísran

    sapientiora,

    • Prov. 30, 24
    • ;
    • Kent. Gl. 1101.
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wís, of things
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  • Worde and gewitte, wíse þance,

    • Cd. Th. 118, 1
    • ;
    • Gen. 1958.
  • Wísne wordcwide,

    • 249, 28
    • ;
    • Dan. 537.
  • Ðám ðe hafaþ wísne geþóht,

    • Exon. Th. 57, 22
    • ;
    • Cri. 922: 150, 2
    • ;
    • Gú. 772.
  • Wísne geleáfan,

      Ps. Th. 77, 36.
  • On wísne weg worda ðínra,

      118, 32.
  • Þurh wís gewit,

    • Exon. Th. 73, 21
    • ;
    • Cri. 1193.
  • Ealle míne wegas wíse syndan on ðínre gesihðe,

      Ps. Th. 118, 168.
  • Ðonne hé ðíne wísan word gehealde,

      118, 9.
Grammar
wís, in a bad sense,
cunning
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  • Wille gé wesan prættige? Wé nellaþ swá wesan wíse,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 1.
  • Hí án geþeaht ealle ymbsǽtan, and gewitnesse wið ðé wíse gesettan (adversum te testamentum disposuerunt)

      Ps. Th. 82, 5.
wise, learned, skilled, expert
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  • Wís sophus vel sophista,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 40.
  • Se wísa,

    gnarus,

      ii. 40, 31.
  • Hond bið gelǽred, wís and gewealden sele ásettan,

    • Exon. Th. 296, 4
    • ;
    • Crä. 46.
  • Sum bið meares gleáw, wic(g)cræfta wís

    • 297, 18
    • ;
    • Crä. 70.
  • Wordcræftes wís,

    an able speaker,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1180
    • ;
    • El. 592.
  • Wís sáwle rǽdes

    • Frag. Kmbl. 79
    • ;
    • Leás. 41.
  • Se wís oncneów (he, being a skilful man, knew) ðæt hé Marmedonia mǽgðe hæfde gesóhte,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1686
    • ;
    • An. 845
    • ;
    • Ps. Th. 106, 16.
  • Ðú mé gewurde wís on hǽlu

    foetus es mihi in salutem,

      117, 20, 21, 27.
  • Ðæs wísan goldsmiðes bán Wélondes,

    • Bt. 19
    • ;
    • Fox 70, 1.
  • Micel is tó hycgenne wísum wóðboran, hwæt sió wiht sié,

    • Exon. Th. 414, 22
    • ;
    • Rä. 32, 24.
  • Wíse men,

    learned men,

    • Cd. Th. 201, 24
    • ;
    • Exod. 577.
  • Héfeára sum gengde wísra monna wong sceáwian,

    • Beo. Th. 2830
    • ;
    • B. 1413.
  • Geceós wíse men (viros potentes)

      Ex. 18, 21.
  • Unrihtwíse habbaþ on hospe ða ðe him sindon rihtes wísran,

      Met. 4, 45.
  • Eorðcyninga se wísesta (Solomon )

    • Cd. Th. 202, 24
    • ;
    • Exod. 393.
  • Tómiddes ðara wietena ðe wísoste wǽron,

    in medio doctorum,

    • Past. 49
    • ;
    • Swt. 385, 22.
  • Ða wísestan, ða ðe snyttro cræft þurh fyrngewrit gefrigen hæfdon,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 306
    • ;
    • El. 153: 337
    • ;
    • El. 169: 645
    • ;
    • El. 323.
  • Sum from ǽs wísistum

    quidam ex legis peritis,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 11. 45, 46.
  • Hé sende tó Egipta wísustan witun,

      Gen. 41, 8.
known
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  • Dó mé wegas ðíne wíse

    vias tuas notas fae mihi,

    • Btwk. 208, 6
    • ;
    • Ps. Ben. 24, 3
    • ;
    • Ps. Th. 102, 7.
[
Goth. weis
;
O. Frs. O. Sax. O. H. Ger. wís
;
Icel. víss.
]
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v. and-, brægd-, fore-, gesceád-, getæl-, med-, riht-, sám-, sundor-, un-, unriht-, weorold-, wrenc-wís. (Some of these compounds may be con-nected with wíse.)
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