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wís-dóm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wís-dóm, es; m.
wisdom, discretion
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  • Wísdóm (

    sapientia) ys gerihtwísud fram heora bearnum,
    • Mt. Kmbl. II, 19
      • ;
    • Lk. Skt. II, 49.

  • Wæs his módsefa manegum gecýðed, wíg and wísdóm,

    • Beo. Th. 705
      • ;
    • B. 350.

  • Ðæt hé ða yldestan lǽrde ðæt heó wísdómes word oncneówan

    ut senes prudentiam doceret,

      Ps. Th. 104, 18.

  • Iosue wearð gefilled mid wísdómes gáste (spiritu sapientiae)

    • Deut. 34, 9.
      • ;
    • Exon. Th. 273, 15
      • ;
    • Jul. 516.

  • Gleáwhýdig, wísdómes ful,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1875
      • ;
    • El. 939.

  • Hé wísdómes beþearf, worda wærlícra,

    • 1082
      • ;
    • El. 543.

  • Hié náhton foreþances, wísdómes gewitt,

    • 713
      • ;
    • El. 357: Andr. Kmbl. 1289
      • ;
    • An. 645.

  • Wé willaþ wesan wíse. On hwilcon wísdó;me (sapientia)? Wé willaþ beón bylewite, and wíse, ðæt wé búgon fram yfele and dón góda,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 27.

  • Hé wísdóme heóld éðel sínne,

    • Beo. Th. 3923
      • ;
    • B. 1959.

  • Ic healde ðínra worda wam mid wísdóme,

      Ps. Th. 118, 17.

  • Hine God þurh his worda wísdóm áhóf,

      104, 15.

  • Hé sette on hí sóðne wísdóm worda and weorca,

      104, 23.

  • Ðæt se sáwle weard lífes wísdóm forloren hæbbe, se ðe nú ne giémeþ hwæþer his gǽst sié earm þe eádig,

    • Exon. Th. 95, 4
      • ;
    • Cri. 1552.

  • Ýwaþ wísdóm weras, wlencu forleósaþ,

    • 132, 17
      • ;
    • Gú. 474.
knowledge, cognizance
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  • Gif ceorl búton wífes wísdóme deóflum gelde,

    • L. Wih. 12
      • ;
    • Th. i. 40, 4.
wisdom, knowledge, learning, philosophy
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  • Swilc is se wísdóm ðæt hine ne mæg nán mon ongitan swilcne swilce hé is . . . Ac se wísdóm mæg ús ongitan swilce swilce wé sind . . . for ðæm se wísdóm is God. Hé gesihþ eall úre wyrc,

    • Bt. 41, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 250, 24.

  • Hé lǽrde hig, swá ðæt hig cwǽdon : " Hwanon ys ðysum ðes wísdóm ?"

    • Mt. Kmbl. 13, 54
      • :
    • Mk. Skt. 6, 2
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1137
      • ;
    • An. 569: Exon. Th. 1. 69
      • ,

    • 33
      • ;
    • Gú. 1104.

  • Rúmran geþeaht wísdóm onwreáh . . . mé láre onlág mægencyning.

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2483
      • ;
    • El. 1243.

  • Wundorlíc is geworden ðín wísdóm (scientia tua),

      Ps. 138, 4.

  • Ðú mé lǽr wísdómes word,

    scientiam dace me,

      118, 66.

  • Sefa deóp gewód, wísdómes gewitt,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2379
      • ;
    • El. 1191.

  • Wísdómes gife,

    • 1189
      • ;
    • El. 596: Exon. Th. 178, 1
      • ;
    • Gú. 1220.

  • Wísdómes

    philosophiae,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 28.

  • Wæs se wer in wísdóme (scientia) gewrita wel gelǽred,

    • Bd. 5, 8
      • ;
    • S. 621, 33.

  • Hé wísdóm háligra gewrita from hím nom,

    • 4, 27
      • ;
    • S. 603, 40
      • .

  • Philosophus is se ðe lufaþ wísdóm: of ðam is philosopher ic smeáge embe wísdóm,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 36
      • ;
    • Zup. 215, 6-8.

  • Ða scearpþanclan witan ðe ðone twydǽledan wísdóm tócnáwaþ, ðæt is andweardra þinga and gástlicra wísdóm,

      Lchdm. iii. 440, 29.

  • Tó gehýranne Salomones wísdóm,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 12, 42
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1299
      • ;
    • An. 650: Elen. Kmbl. 667
      • ;
    • El. 334.

  • Gif hé hafaþ ofer ealle men wísdóm,

    • Exon. Th. 299, 16
      • ;
    • Crä. 103.

  • Wísdóm swelgan,

    • 147, 31
      • ;
    • Gú. 735.

  • Wísdóm cýþan,

    • 500, 19
      • ;
    • Rä. 89, 9.

  • Wísdóm onwreón,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1344
      • ;
    • El. 674.

  • Se ðe men lǽreþ micelne wísdóm qui docet hominem scientiam,

      Ps. Th. 93, 10.

  • Swá ús gleáwe wítgan þurh wísdóm on gewritum cýþaþ,

    • Exon. Th. 199, 23
      • ;
    • Ph. 30.

  • Ða míne þeówas sindon wísdómas and cræftas (sciences and arts ),

    • Bt. 7, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 20, 33.
  • ¶ throughout the Boethius, in which Philosophy personified is a speaker, the word used in the translation is wísdóm
Etymology
[
O. Sax. O. Frs. wís-dó;m
;
O. H. Ger. wís-tuom
;
Icel. vís-dómr.
]
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v. un-, weorold-wísdóm.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wís-dóm.” 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/36041.

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