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wærness,
e;
f.
Prudence,
circumspection,
caution:--Mid
wærnyssa
(cautela)
in
gangende,
ðæt
óþre
gebiddende
hé
ná
gelette,
Anglia
xiii.
378,
188.
Hæfde
hé
miccle
lufan
and
ealle
wærnesse
tó
ælcum
men
(he
was
very
considerate
to
everybody),
.
.
.
and
ðeáh
ðe
hé
on
l
wedum
háde
beón
sceolde,
hweðre
hé
tó
ðon
wærnesse
hæfde
on
eallum
ðingum
(he
was
so
circumspect
in
all
things),
ðæt
hé
munuclífe
swíþor
lifde
ðonne
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wær-scipe,
es;
m.
Prudence,
caution,
circumspection,
wisdom,
in
a
bad
sense,
cunning,
astuteness:--Wærscipe
cautela,
i.
astutia,
Wrt.
Voc.
ii.
129,
77.
Ðæt
hié
geícen
ða
gód
hira
ánfealdnesse
mid
wærscipe,
and
suá
tilige
ðære
orsorgnesse
mid
ðære
ánfealdnesse
ðætte
hé
ðone
ymbeðonc
ðæs
wærscipes
ne
forlte
.
.
.
Ðære
culfran
biliwitnesse
sceal
gemetgian
ðære
nædran
wærscipe,
ðý
læs
hine
se
wærscipe
gelde
on
tó
micle
hátheortnesse
ut
simplicitatis
bono
prudentiam
adjungant,
quatenus
sic
securitatem
de
simplicitate
possideant,
ut
circumspectionem
prudentiae
non
amittant
.
.
.
Debet
serpentis
astutiam
columbae
simplicitas
temperare,
quatenus
nec
seducti
per
prudentiam
calleant,
Past.
35;
Swt.
237,
15-24.
Wísdóm
is
se
héhsta
cræft,
and
hæfþ
on
him
feówer
óþre
cræftas;
ðara
is
án
wærscipe,
Bt.
27,
2;
Fox
96,
34:
34,
6;
Fox
140,
35:
Shrn.
175,
27.
Á
geríst
bisceopum
wísdóm
and
wærscype,
L.
I.
P.
9;
Th.
ii.
314,
28.
Se
swicola
hæfð
éce
wíte,
for
ðan
ðe
his
wærscype
ne
dohte,
Homl.
Skt.
i.
19,
177.
Þúhte
wísast
se
ðe
wæs
swicolost
.
.
.
ac
wá
heom
ðæs
wærscipes,
Wulfst.
268,
19.
Hý
ltaþ
ðæt
tó
wærscype,
ðæt
hý
óðre
magan
swicollíce
pcan,
55,
2,
15.
Mid
micelum
wærscype
lufian
cum
magna
cautela
diligere,
Anglia
xiii.
374,
125.
For
wísdóme
and
wærscipe
consilio,
Past.
20;
Swt.
149,
16.
Búton
wærscipe
unadvisedly,
Homl.
Skt.
i.
11,
361.
Mid
máran
fultume
and
mid
máran
wærscipe
circumspectiore
cura
ac
magis
instructo
adparatu,
Ors.
3,
8;
Swt.
120,
25.
Hé
hæfde
Ýrlande
mid
his
werscipe
gewunnon,
and
wiðútan
lcon
wpnon,
Chr.
1086;
Erl.
222,
18.
Ongiet
mínne
wísdóm
and
mínne
wærscipe
(prudentiam),
Past.
38;
Swt.
273,
9.
Ðes
sunder-hálga
hæfde
opene
eágan
tó
ælmesddum,
ac
hé
næfde
nnne
wærscipe
ðæt
hé
ða
sóðan
eádmódnysse
on
his
welddum
geheólde
(he
had
not
the
wisdom
to
observe
true
humility
in
his
benefactions),
Homl.
Th.
ii.
432,
1.
[Belin
wes
swiðe
wis,
and
warscipe
him
folweden,
Laym.
5603.
Dumbe
bestes
habbeð
þeos
warschipe,
þet
hwon
heo
beað
asailed,
heo
þrungeð
alle
togederes,
A.
R.
252,
6.
Warschipe
a
aines
unþeawes,
H.
M.
41,
7.
Warsipe
and
wisedom
wið
deuel,
Misc.
14,
426.]
v.
un-wær
scipe.
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W
1
a
wile,
a
device.
[He
wolde
þurh
his
micele
wiles
eor
beon,
Chr.
1128;
Erl.
257,
14.
To
lokenn
himm
fra
þere
laþe
wiless,
Orm.
10317.
Þe
wrenchful
feont
wi
his
wiles,
Kath.
891.
Þe
world
ledes
-
man
with
wrenkes
and
wyles,
Pr.
C.
1360.
Wyle
or
sleythe
cautela,
astucia,
Prompt.
Parv.
528.]
v.
flige-wl.
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wrenc,
es;
m.
I.
a
trick,
artifice,
wile,
stratagem
:--
On
swá
hwylcum
wrence
(arte)
worda
nig
swerige,
Scint.
136,
18.
Wrencum
modis.
Wrt.
Voc.
ii.
57,
61.
Ðæt
lease
lot,
ðe
beoþ
mid
ðám
wrencum
bewrigen
fraus,
mendaci
compta
colore.
Bt.
4;
Fox
8,
17:
Met.
4,
47.
Tó
fela
manna
wearð
mid
þyllícan
wrencan
þurh
deofol
forlred,
Wulfst.
54,
12.
Tógeánes
ðæs
deófles
wrencum,
198,
12.
Ðá
sceolde
Ælfríc
ldan
ða
fyrde,
ac
hé
teáh
forð
ðá
his
ealdan
wrenceas,
.
.
.
gebrd
hé
hine
seócne,
Chr.
1003
;
Erl.
139,
7.
I
a.
a
stratagem
in
war
:--
Hé
hié
mid
ðæm
ilcan
wrence
beswác,
ðe
hé
æt
heora
rran
métingge
dyde,
Ors.
4,
9;
Swt.
188,
32
:
6,
36;
Swt.
294,
21.
Siþþan
Rómáne
gesáwan
ðæt
him
mon
swelcne
wrenc
tó
dyde,
ðá
flugon
hié,
4,
1;
Swt.
156,
8.
II.
a
modulation
of
the
voice
:--
Biþ
ðæs
hleóðres
swég
eallum
songcræftum
swétra,
and
wynsumra
wrenca
gehwylcum,
Exon.
Th.
206,
28;
Ph.
133.
Ic
þurh
múþ
sprece
mongum
reordum,
wrencum
singe
(vox
mea
diversis
variatur
pulcra
figuris),
.
.
.
ic
búgendre
stefne
styrme,
390,
15;
Rä.
9,
2.
[Þurh
his
micele
wrences
beiæt
he
þone
ærcebiscoprice,
Chr.
1127;
Erl.
156,
1.
Gif
þærwære
an
unwreste
wrenc
he
mihte
get
beswicen
anes
Crist,
1131;
Erl.
260,
4.
Paris
mid
pret
wrence
biwon
Elene,
Laym.
81.
Þis
sacrament
unwrihð
his
(the
devil's)
wrenches,
A.
R.
270,
10.
Swikele
men
and
ful
of
vuele
wrenche,
Misc.
66,
247.
With
wrenkes
and
wyles,
Pr.
C.
1360.
He
(a
wrestler)
can
his
wrenches
wel
forhele,
O.
and
N.
798.
Þis
is
þe
soþe
wei,
withouten
eny
wrenche,
R.
Glouc.
55,
2.
His
wyly
wrenches
enon
ne
mayst
nat
flee,
Chauc.
Ch.
Y.
T.
1081.
Wrenche
or
sleythe
of
falsheed
dolositas,
fraudulencia,
cautela,
Prompt.
Parv.
533,
and
see
note.
Ger.
rank
a
trick.]
v.
lot-,
nearu-,
searu-,
siru-,
smeá-,
un-,
weorold-wrenc.
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ár-weorþlíce.
Add:--Sceal
mon
bi
sumum
dle
árwierðelíce
(-wyrð-,
v.
l.)
wandigende
suíðe
wærlíce
stiéran
sub
quadam
sunt
cautela
reverentiae
parcendo
feriendi,
Past.
295,
11.
Swá
þæt
wé
on
dæge
árwurðlíce
(honeste)
faron,
Hml.
Th.
i.
604,
6.
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