Sám-wís

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - sám-wís

According to the Old English Dictionary:

sám-wís
adj. Dull, foolish:--Wénaþ sámwíse (cf. ða dysegan men, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 22) ðæt hí on ðís lǽnan mǽgen lífe findan sóþa gesǽlþa. Met. 19, 34. Ða sámwísan (hebetes) sint tó manianne ðæt hié wilnien tó wiotonne ðæt ðæt hié nyton, Past. 30, l ; Swt. 201, 7. Cf. med-wís. sam-wis
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