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exercising discernment, intelligent, discerning
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  • Ǽlc gesceádwís man mæg witan ꝥ hig beóþ full earme,

      Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, ii: 27, l ; F. 96, 6 : 28; F. 100, 30.

  • Gescédwíse (-sceád-, v.l.) menn ne magon ongietan ðæt hit belimpe tó nytwyrðlicre ðearfe, Past. 281, II. Se engel hine cýdde þám gesceádwísum Iudéiscum ðe Godes ǽcúðon, Hml. Th. i. 106, 2. ¶ applied to superhuman beings :-- Ðonne se gesceádwísa God hwæt wyrcþ þæs ðe wé ne wénaþ

    cum ab sciente geritur, quod stupeant ignorantes,

      Bt. 39, 10; F. 226, 24.

  • Se gesceádwísa engel,

      Hml. Th. i. 106, 1.
acting with judgement, discreet, sagacious, prudent
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  • Gesceádwís discretus, i. modestus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 17u Hú se láreów sceal bión gesceádwís

    (discretus)

    on his swígean,
      Past. 89, 3: 151, 5.

  • Is sió lytle nosu ðæt mon ne sié gescádwís (-sceád-,

    v.l.) parvo naso est qui ad tenendam mensurum discretionis idoneus non est,

      65, 20.

  • Þ man sí gesceádwís and gemetigian cunne ge his spréce ge his swígan,

      Prov. K. 2.

  • Hé befrán his geféran rǽdes, and cwæð tó his gesceádwísan bréðer,

      Hml. S. 25, 398: Angl. ix. 259, l. Feáwa sient tó þám gesceádwíse, gif hé wyrð on ungeþylde, ꝥ hé ne
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endowed with reason or
intelligence, rational, intelligent
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  • Man . . . godcundlíce gesceádwís

    divinum merito rationis animal,

      Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 18.

  • Sió sáwul biþ gesceádwís,

      33, 4; F. 132, 5.

  • Nis nán gesceádwís gesceaft ꝥ næbbe freódóm

    negue fuerit ulla rationalis natura, quin eidem libertas adsit arbitrii,

      40, 7 ; F. 242, 16: 36, 7; F. 182, 7.

  • Ic wát ꝥ ic on libbendum men and on gesceádwísum eom

    esse mescio rationale animal,

      5, 3; F. 12, 27.

  • Þám gesceádwísan móde

    libero animo,

      16, 2 ; F. 52, 17.

  • Hwæt willaþ wé cweþan, gif ðá gesceádwísan nillaþ spyrian æfter wísdóme,

      36, 6; F. 180, 36.
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v. un-gesceádwís.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sceádwís.” 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/49511.

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