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Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-gesceádwíslíc

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1 un-gesceádwíslíc

adj. Indiscreet, imprudent, unreasonable, extravagant :-- Ðætte hé ne ðóhte náwuht ungesceádwíslíces ne unnetlíces nec indiscretum quid vel inutile cogitet, Past. 13; Swt. 77, 12. Gif wé hwæt ongietaþ on him ungesceádwíslíces gedoon si qua ab eis inordinate gesta sunt, 32; Swt. 211, 22.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᚷᛖᛋᚳᛖᚪᛞᚹᛁᛋᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
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