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un-gesceádwís

  • adjective
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un-gesceádwís, adj.
not acting according to reason, un- reasonable, irrational, unwise, foolish
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  • Hé hine wiste swíþe ungesceádwísne and swíþe ungemetfæstne,

    • Bt. 27, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 96, 4.
  • Ic wundrige hwí men sién swá ungesceádwíse ðæt hié wénan ðæt ðis andwearde líf mæge ðone monnan dón gesǽligne,

    • 11, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 34, 36: 39, 9
    • ;
    • Fox 226, 9.
  • Ðeáh ungesceádwísum monnum swá ne þince,

    • 39, 8
    • ;
    • Fox 224, 16.
not possessed of reason, irrational
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  • Ǽlc gesceaft, ǽgðer ge gesceádwís ge ungesceádwís,

    • Bt. 42
    • ;
    • Fox 256, 7.
  • Ic eom ofwundrod hwí eów þince ðære ungesceádwísan gesceafte gód betere ðonne eówer ágen god,

    • 13
    • ;
    • Fox 40, 5.
  • On ðara ungesceádwísra niétena gesibsumnesse,

    • Past. 46
    • ;
    • Swt. 349, 24.
  • Hé hine gehwyrfde tó ungesceádwísum neátum

    in irrationale animal hunc vertit,

    • 4
    • ;
    • Swt. 39, 22.
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v.  ge-sceádwís.
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