Wær-líc
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wær-líc
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- wær-líc
- adj. Cautious, prudent, wise, circumspect:--Wærlíc cauta, sollicita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 70. Wærlíc bið ðæt man ǽghwilce geáre sóna æfter Eástron fyrdscipa gearwige, L. Eth. vi. 33; Th. i. 324, 3. Wærlíc mé þinceþ ðæt gé wæccende wið hettendra hildewóman wearde healden, Exon. Th. 282, 12; Jul. 662. Wísdómes beþearf, worda wær-lícra, and witan snyttro, se ðære æðelan sceal andwyrde gifan, Elen. Kmbl. 1083; El. 544. [Icel. var-ligr.]