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wíslíce

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wíslíce, adv.
wisely, sagaciously, with wisdom, prudently
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  • Sapienter wíslíce . . . sapienter loquor wíslíce ic sprece,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 58
      • ;
    • Zup. 223, 15: Past. 15
      • ;
    • Swt. 93, 24
      • :
    • Homl. Th. i. 236, 8
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 46, 7
      • .

  • Hé him wíslíce (sapienter ) andwyrde,

      Mk. Skt. 12, 34.

  • Wíslíce spyrian,

    • Bt. 18
      • ;
    • Fox 60, 27.

  • Beþencan heora dǽda wíslíce and wærlíce,

    • L. P. 10
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 318, 35
      • :
    • Chr. 1067
      • ;
    • Erl. 204, 34
      • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 97, 2.

  • Wíslíce gé dyde,

    • 201, 1:
    • Homl. Skt. i. 5, 42
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 348, 2
      • ;
    • Sch. 22: Ps. Th. 77, 12
      • .

  • Hé wíslíce rǽdde for Gode and for worulde his þeóde,

    • Chr. 959;
    • Erl. 119, 26.

  • Hit ða téð getrymeþ, gif his man wíslíce brúceþ,

      Lchdm. i. 334, 10.

  • Bið nú wíslícor ðæt gehwá ðis wite,

      Homl. Th. i. 6, 18.
wisely, skilfully, cunningly
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  • Se wolcnreáda wǽfels wíslíce getácnode úres Drihtnes deáð mid ðære deáge híwe,

      Homl. Th. ii. 254, 5.

  • Hé Adam funde, wíslíce geworht, and his wíf,

    • Cd. Th. 29, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 456
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 138, 13
      • .

  • Ða wíslíce áwriten standaþ,

      101, 16.

  • Ðú unstilla gesceafta wíslíce ástyrest,

      Met. 20, 15.

  • Daniel sægde him wíslíce wereda gesceafte ðætte sóna ongeat cyning,

    • Cd. Th. 225, 26
      • ;
    • Dan. 160.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. wíslíko
;
O. H. Ger. wíslícho sapienter, mature, sophistice.
]
Similar entries
v. un-wíslíce.
Linked entries
v.  ge-wíslíce.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wíslíce.” 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/36057.

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