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bile-wit

  • verb
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bile-wit, -wite, -witt, -witte, -wet, -hwit.
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generally in a good sense
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  • Biluit

    mansuetus,

    • Mt. L. 21, 5
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  • Bilwit

    simplex,

    • Lk. L. 11, 34
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  • Bilewite

    mitis,

    • Ps. Spl. 85, 4
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  • Bilwite (bylehwit later MS.),

    • Mt. 11, 29
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  • Iacob wæs bilewitte (simplex) man,

    • Gen. 25, 27
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  • Basilius se bylewitta (-wyta, v. l.),

    • Hml. S. 3, 100
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  • Wé witum þé bilewitne (mansuetum) wesan,

    • Coll. M. 18, 22
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  • Hlútre móde and bylewite (-hwite, v. l.)

    simplici ac pura mente,

    • Bd. 4, 24
    • ;
    • Sch. 491, 9
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  • Sume ðe wǽron bylewyte and góde,

    • Nic. 3, 25
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  • Ðá bilwitan (bili-, 6, bile-, 7)

    simplices,

    • Past. 237, 4.
  • Þá bilewittan

    mansueti,

    • Bl. Gl.
  • Mid ðǽm bilwitum,

    • Past. 243, 16.
  • Bilehwitum

    simplicioribus,

    • R. Ben. I. 13, 5
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  • Moises wæs se bilewitusta (mitissimus) mann,

    • Num. 12, 3
    • .
in an unfavourable sense,
plausible, affecting simplicity
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  • Ne trúwa ðú smyltum wedere, ne bilewitum men,

    • Prov. K. 63
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Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. bile-whit.
O. L. Ger. bili-wit aequanimus.
Cf. M. H. Ger. pil-wiz.
v. Grmm. D. M. (trans.) ii. 472 sqq.
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