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ge-sceádwíslíce

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distinctly, clearly
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  • Þæt ic wille gescád-wíslecor gesecgean, þæt hit mon geornor ongietan mæge

    quod utrum ita sit, apertissime expedire curabo,

      Ors. 2, l ; S. 60, 9.
discreetly, prudently, sagaciously
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  • Gif hé self wénð ðæt hé sié wís and gescádwíslíce (-sceád-, v.l.) ryhtwís

    si candorem sibi jusiititae seu sapientiae tribuit.

      Past. 69, 23.
reasonably, in accordance with reason
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  • Gif hwylc bróðor unsceádelíce hwæs bidde, hé gesceádwíslíce (rationabiliter) his yfelan béne forwyrne, R. Ben. 54, 15: R. Ben. I. 61, 12: 102, i: Bt. 13; F. 38, 3. III a. fittingly, agreeably (?) :-- Ðá se wísdóm ðis leóð swiþe lustbǽrlíce and gesceádwíslíce ásungen hæfde

    haec cum philosophia leniter suaviterque cecinisset,

      Bt. 36, l ; F. 170, 25.
in a way that depends upon reasoning, that affords proof, rationally
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  • Eall ðis þú gerehtest tó sóþe swiþe gesceádwíslíce búton ǽlcre leásre rǽdelsan

    haec nullis extrinsecus sumtis, sed altero ex altero fidem trahente, insitis domesticisque probationibus explicabas,

      Bt. 35, 5 ; F. 164, 31.
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v. un-gescádwíslíce.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sceádwíslíce.” 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/49513.

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