Weorold-snotor

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - weorold-snotor

According to the Old English Dictionary:

weorold-snotor
adj. Wise in earthly matters:-- Ægelwíg se woruldsnotra abbod on Eofeshamme, Chr. 1078; Erl. 215, 29. Woroldsnottre men (naturalists) secgaþ. ðæt ða ficsas sýn on sǽ hundteóntiges cynna and ðreó and fíftiges, Shrn. 65, 31. Weoroldsnottrum gymnosophistis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 52. Ne weorþeþ on worulde ǽnig worldsnotera (woruld-, there shall be none in the world that has more worldly cunning than he (Antichrist) has, Wulfst. 54, 21. weorold-snotor

Related words: l.) þonne hé wyrðeþ

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