Ge-sceádwís

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-sceádwís

Add: I. exercising discernment, intelligent, discerning :-- 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-, 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. II. acting with judgement, discreet, sagacious, prudent :-- 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 UNCERTAIN 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 wilnige ꝥ his sǽlþa weorþan onwende, Bt. II, I ; F. 32, 32. III. endowed with reason or intelligence, rational, intelligent :-- 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. v. un-gesceádwís. ge-sceadwis

Related words: l.)