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prættig

(adj.)
Grammar
prættig, pætig; adj.
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Wille gé wesan prættige ( versipelles ), Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 27. Prættigustan deóre callidissime bestiole, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 50

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prættig

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Ficol, i. pretti versipellis, Kent. Gl. 493. Pæti, An. Ox. 56, 36. Pætigere callide (deceptionis ), 4980. Add

prætt

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Be þám ꝥ preóstas hí warnien wið þá scýnlican híwinga deófla prættes (prettes, 7, 26) ( ante transformationes daemonum), Chrd. 98, 33. Cwæð se Hǽlend him tó, 'Foxas habbað holu' . . . Críst sceáwode his heortan and geseah his prættas, . . . foxunga wǽron

prætt

(n.)
Grammar
prætt, es; m.
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Craft, art, wile, trick Præt, prætt astu, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Zup. 257, 8. Wó dómas and prættas, Anglia viii. 336, 40 : Wulfst. 245, 2. Prættum artibus, Hpt. Gl. 459, 23. Ongeán þúsendfealde derigende prattas contra mille nocendi artes, 424, 46

wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wís, adj.

wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ cunning ⬩ wise ⬩ learned ⬩ skilled ⬩ expert ⬩ known

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Grammar wís, in a bad sense, cunning 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.

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