Gearo-witol

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gearo-witol

adj. Ready-witted, sagacious :-- Gearwitelum sagaci, An. Ox. 56, 108. ¶ the word also glosses austerus :-- Scrípen l gearuutol austerus, Lk. L. 19, 21. Gearnfull l gearuutol, 22. [Næs þe king noht so wis, ne swá ȝærewitele (warwitele, 2nd MS.), Laym. 1854.] gearo-witol