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bile-wit

  • adjective
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bile-wit, bele-wit, bil-wit; adj. [bile, wit mind, wit]
Merciful, mild, gentle, simple, honest; æquanimus, mansuetus, mitis, simplex, honestus
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  • Bilewit Dryhten

    merciful Lord,

      Ps. C. 50, 99; Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 99: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 138; Met. 20, 69: 20, 510; Met. 20, 255: 20, 538; Met. 20, 269.
  • We bletsiaþ bilewitne feder

    we bless the merciful father,

      Hy. 8, 8; Hy. Grn. ii. 290, 8.
  • Gehýran ða bilewitan [MS. bylewitan]

    audiant mansueti,

      Ps. Spl. 33, 2.
  • Beóþ eornustlíce gleáwe swá nædran, and bilwite [MS. bilwyte] swá culfran

    estote ergo prudentes sicut serpentes, et simplices sicut columbæ,

      Mt. Bos. 10, 16: 11, 29.
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v.  bile-hwít bil-wit bylwet byly-wit bele-wite.
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  • bile-wit, adj.