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snotor

  • adjective
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Grammar
snotor, snottor (-er, -ur); adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§219; §255; §259; §298; §431; §639;
Prudent, wise, sagacious
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  • Snotor

    prudens,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 35.

  • Snoter,

      76, 12.

  • Cwom Daniel tó dóme, se wæs snotor,

      Cd. Th. 225, 8; Dan. 151.

  • Nis nǽnig swá snotor . . . ne ðæs swá gleáw, nymþe God seolfa,

      286, 8; Sat. 349.

  • Á sceal snotor hycgean ymb ðysse worulde gewinn,

      Menol. Fox 570; Gn. C. 54: Beo. Th. 1656; B. 826.

  • Snotur,

      Ps. Th. 118, 23.

  • Ðæs snottor in sefan ðæt hé ána mǽge ealle geríman stánas on eorðan,

      Cd. Th. 205, 19; Exod. 438.

  • Fród wita, snottor ár,

      Exon. Th. 313, 18; Mód. 2.

  • Swá cwæð snottor on móde, gesæt him sundor æt rúne,

      293, 4; Wand. iii.
    Rǽdum snottor, wís on gewitte, Andr. Kmbl. 938; An. 469.

  • Se wítga snottor searuþancum,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2377; El. 1190.

  • Se snotera,

      Beo. Th. 2631; B. 1313.

  • Snotra,

      6231; B. 3120.

  • Snottra,

      3577; B. 1786.

  • Salomon se snottra,

      Past. 4; Swt. 37, 16.

  • Seó snotere mægð,

      Judth. Thw. 23, 17; Jud. 125.

  • Snottrum men snǽd óðglídeþ,

      Salm. Kmbl. 803; Sal. 401.

  • Háligne wer and snotorne

    virum sanctum et sapientem,

      Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 9.

  • Ðú mé snoterne gedydest

    prudentem me fecisti,

      Ps. Th. 118, 98.

  • Ðone snoteran Salomon,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 28.

  • Mín sóðfæste snotere bídaþ

    me expectaverunt justi,

      Ps. Th. 141, 9.

  • Snotre men,

      57, 4.

  • Snotre

    urbana,

      Hpt. Gl. 481, 40.

  • Snottere selerǽdend,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1317; An. 659.

  • Snottre and unwíse,

      Blickl. Homl. 107, 11.

  • Snottre ceorlas,

      Beo. Th. 3187; B. 1591.

  • Hwylc is wísra, wel snotera,

      Ps. Th. 106, 42.

  • Engla werod snotra,

      Hy. 3, 16.

  • Snoterra mon,

      Salm. Kmbl. 502; Sal. 251.

  • Gomol snoterost, fyrngeárum fród,

      Menol. Fox 482; Gn. C. 11.

  • Ðú oferswíþdest ðone snotrestan helwerena cyning,

      Exon. Th. 275, 1; Jul. 543.

  • Burgsittendum ðám snoterestum,

      Elen. Kmbl. 553; El. 277.

  • Ða ðe hé wíseste and snotereste wiste

    quos sapientiores noverat,

      Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 11.
Etymology
[Þet folc bið iseli þurh snoterne biscop, O. E. Homl. i. 117, 19. Uþwitess unndersstodenn þurrh snoterr gyn, Orm. 7087. Goth. snutrs: O. H. Ger. snot[t]ar prudens: Icel. snotr.]
Similar entries
v. fore-, forþ-, gearo-, hyge-, mód-, rǽd-, þanc-, un-, word-, woruld-snotor; snytre.
Linked entries
v.  snytre.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “snotor.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/28253.

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