Wīs-fæst

adj. I. wise, discreet, judicious,(l) of persons :-- Hió grētte Geáta leód, Gode þancode, wīsfæst wordum, Beo. Th. 1256; B. 616. Wīsfæstne wer, wordes gleáwne, Andr. Kmbl. 3294; An. 1650. Is nū þearf micel, dæt wē wīsfæstra wordum hȳran, 2335; An. 1169. (2) of things :-- Ðæt heó his wīsfæst word efnan ut faciant mandata ejus, Ps. Th. 102, 17. II. wise, having knowledge or skill. learned :-- Esaias, wīsfæst wītga, Exon. Th. 19, 25; Cri. 306. Ðis ys se dæg, de hine Drihten ūs wīsfæst geworhte, Ps. Th. 117, 22: Menol. Fox 122; Men. 61. Micel is tō hycganne wīsfæstum menn, hwæt seó wiht sȳ, Exon. Th. 411, 15; Rä. 29, 13. Swā wītgan wīsfæste sægdon, 5, 3; Cri. 64. Sume bōceras weorþaþ wīsfæste, 331, 22; Vy. 72. Ðæs de wīsfæste weras on gewritum cȳþan, 356, 19 ; Pa. 14 : Elen. Kmbl. 627 ; El. 314. Ðæt is tō geþencanne wīsfæstum werum, hwæt seó wiht sȳ, Exon. Th. 429, 5; Rä. 42, 9. II a. intelligent, rational (?) :-- Hē wile on dōmes dæg on dysne middangeard cuman, and hē wile eallum wīsfæstum gesceaftum ēcn[e] dōm gesetton (he will pass an eternal sentence on all intelligent creatures), Blickl. Homl. 121, 20.