Un-gesceádwís

Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-gesceádwís

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1 un-gesceádwís

adj. I. not acting according to reason, un-reasonable, irrational, unwise, foolish :-- Hé hine wiste swíþe ungesceádwísne and swíþe ungemetfæstne, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 96, 4. Ic wundrige hwí men sién swá ungesceádwíse ðæt hié wénan ðæt ðis andwearde líf mæge ðone monnan dón gesǽligne, 11, 2; Fox 34, 36: 39, 9; Fox 226, 9. Ðeáh ungesceádwísum monnum swá ne þince, 39, 8; Fox 224, 16. II. not possessed of reason, irrational :-- Ǽlc gesceaft, ǽgðer ge gesceádwís ge ungesceádwís, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 7. Ic eom ofwundrod hwí eów þince ðære ungesceádwísan gesceafte gód betere ðonne eówer ágen god, 13; Fox 40, 5. On ðara ungesceádwísra niétena gesibsumnesse, Past. 46; Swt. 349, 24. Hé hine gehwyrfde tó ungesceádwísum neátum in irrationale animal hunc vertit, 4; Swt. 39, 22. un-gesceadwis

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ᚢᚾ-ᚷᛖᛋᚳᛖᚪᛞᚹᛁᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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