Wærness
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wærness
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- wærness
- f. Prudence, circumspection, caution:--Mid wærnyssa (cautela) in gangende, ðæt óþre gebiddende hé ná gelette, Anglia xiii. 378, 188. Hæfde hé miccle lufan and ealle wærnesse tó ælcum men (he was very considerate to everybody), . . . and ðeáh ðe hé on lǽwedum háde beón sceolde, hweðre hé tó ðon wærnesse hæfde on eallum ðingum (he was so circumspect in all things), ðæt hé munuclífe swíþor lifde ðonnelǽwedes mannes, Blickl. Homl. 213, 6 11. [Wick. warnesse prudentia.]