Ge-sceádwíslíce

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-sceádwíslíce

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-sceádwíslíce
Add: I. distinctly, clearly :-- Þæt ic wille gescád-wíslecor gesecgean, þæt hit mon geornor ongietan mæge quod utrum ita sit, apertissime expedire curabo, Ors. 2, l ; S. 60, 9. II. discreetly, prudently, sagaciously :-- Gif hé self wénð ðæt hé sié wís and gescádwíslíce (-sceád-, ) ryhtwís si candorem sibi jusiititae seu sapientiae tribuit. Past. 69, 23. III. reasonably, in accordance with reason :-- Gif hwylc bróðor unsceádelíce hwæs bidde, hé gesceádwíslíce (rationabiliter) his yfelan béne forwyrne, R. Ben. 54, 15: R. Ben. I. 61, 12: 102, i: Bt. 13; F. 38, 3. III a. fittingly, agreeably (?) :-- Ðá se wísdóm ðis leóð swiþe lustbǽrlíce and gesceádwíslíce ásungen hæfde haec cum philosophia leniter suaviterque cecinisset, Bt. 36, l ; F. 170, 25. IV. in a way that depends upon reasoning, that affords proof, rationally :-- Eall ðis þú gerehtest tó sóþe swiþe gesceádwíslíce búton ǽlcre leásre rǽdelsan haec nullis extrinsecus sumtis, sed altero ex altero fidem trahente, insitis domesticisque probationibus explicabas, Bt. 35, 5 ; F. 164, 31. v. un-gescádwíslíce. ge-sceadwislice

Related words: l.

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