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wís-fæst

  • adjective
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wís-fæst, adj.
wise, discreet, judicious,
of persons
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  • Hió grétte Geáta leód, Gode þancode, wísfæst wordum,

    • Beo. Th. 1256
      • ;
    • B. 616.

  • Wísfæstne wer, wordes gleáwne,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3294
      • ;
    • An. 1650.

  • Is nú þearf micel, ðæt wé wísfæstra wordum hýran,

    • 2335
      • ;
    • An. 1169
      • .
of things
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  • Ðæt heó his wísfæst word efnan

    ut faciant mandata ejus,

      Ps. Th. 102, 17.
wise, having knowledge or skill. learned
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  • Esaias, wísfæst wítga,

    • Exon. Th. 19, 25
      • ;
    • Cri. 306.

  • Ðis ys se dæg, ðe hine Drihten ús wísfæst geworhte,

    • Ps. Th. 117, 22
      • :
    • Menol. Fox 122
      • ;
    • Men. 61.

  • Micel is tó hycganne wísfæstum menn, hwæt seó wiht sý,

    • Exon. Th. 411, 15
      • ;
    • Rä. 29, 13.

  • Swá wítgan wísfæste sægdon,

    • 5, 3
      • ;
    • Cri. 64.

  • Sume bóceras weorþaþ wísfæste,

    • 331, 22
      • ;
    • Vy. 72
      • .

  • Ðæs ðe wísfæste weras on gewritum cýþan,

    • 356, 19
      • ;
    • Pa. 14
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 627
      • ;
    • El. 314.

  • Ðæt is tó geþencanne wísfæstum werum, hwæt seó wiht sý,

    • Exon. Th. 429, 5
      • ;
    • Rä. 42, 9.
intelligent, rational (?)
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  • Hé wile on dómes dæg on ðysne middangeard cuman, and hé wile eallum wísfæstum gesceaftum écn[e] dóm gesetton (he will pass an eternal sentence on all intelligent creatures),

    • Blickl. Homl. 121, 20.
    • v. next word.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wís-fæst.” 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/36046.

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