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ge-wis

  • adjective
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ge-wis, -wiss; adj.
Certain, sure, knowing, foreknowing; certus
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  • Gewis be heora gerihtnesse

    certus de illorum correctione,

    • Bd. 5, 22
    • ;
    • S. 644, 45
    • .
  • Ðæt is gesægd ðæt he wǽre gewis his sylfes forþfóre

    qui præscius sui obitus exstitisse videtur,

    • 4, 24
    • ;
    • S. 599, 14
    • .
  • Wite ðæt érest gewiss ðæt ðæt mód byþ ðære sáwle ǽge

    know first that as certain, that the mind is the soul's eye,

    • Shrn. 178, 2
    • .
  • Gewis is

    constat,

    • Hpt. Gl. 419
    • .
  • Ða úþwitan ðe sǽdon ðæt nǽfre nán wiht gewisses nǽre búton twæónunga

    the philosophers that said that there was no certainty without doubt,

    • Shrn. 174, 25
    • .
  • Swá litel gewis funden

    found so little certain,

    • Bt. 41, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 250, 20
    • .
  • Gewis andgit

    intelligence,

    • 5
    • ;
    • Fox 252, 20, 30
    • .
  • We syndon gewisse ðínes lífes

    we are acquainted with thy life,

    • Guthl. 5
    • ;
    • Gdwin. 30, 18
    • .
  • He hí gewisse gedyde and gelǽrde be ingonge ðæs écan ríces

    de ingressu regni æterni certos reddidit,

    • Bd. 4, 16
    • ;
    • S. 584, 35
    • .
  • On gewissum tídum

    at certain times,

    • R. Ben. interl. 48
    • .
  • Of gewissum intingan

    of certain causes,

    • R. Ben. interl. 63
    • .
  • Myd gewyssum gesceáde

    with certain reason, wherefore;

    propter certam rationem, quapropter

    ,
    • Nicod. 3
    • ;
    • Thw. 2, 6
    • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. giwis:
Ger. gewiss certus.
]
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v.  ge-wiss.
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  • ge-wis, adj.