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Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0954, entry 12
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swicol, sweocol; ad; . I. deceitful, false, treacherous, crafty :-- Swicol fallax vel mendax, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 50. (I) of persons :-- Næs heó swicol nánum ðæra ðe hyre tó ðohte she never deceived any one who trusted her, Lchdm. iii. 428, 34. Se swicola Herod . . . cýdde syððan his fácenfullan syrewunge, Homl. Th. i. 82, 15. Ðæt swicole wíf (Delilah), Jud. 16, 8. Ða gescotu ðæs sweocolan feóndés insidiantis hostis jacula, Past. 56; Swt. 431, 5. Áfandod þurh ðone swicolan deofol, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 45. Ða swicolan virum dolosum, Ps. Th. 5, 6. Se ðe wæs swicolast and se ðe litelícost cúðe leáslíce hiwian unsóð tó sóðe. Wulfst. 128, 9. Swicolost, 268, 17. (2) of things :-- Ðis líf is swá swicol, ðæt hit symble bepcþ, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 65. Ne sceole wé ná besettan úrne hiht on ðissum swicelum lífe, Homl. Th. i. 162, 18. Geseoh gif ic on swiculne weg oððe on unrihte eode vide, si via iniquitatis in me est, Ps. Th. 138, 21. II occasioning offence (f), v. swice, III. swician, IV, swicol-líc, II :-- Sóð biþ swicolost (switolost?), Menol. Fox 479; Gn. C. 10. [O. E. Homl. Laym. A. R. Havel. swikel: O. H. Ger. pi-swichal subdolus; Icel. svikall treacherous.] v. be-(bi-, , un-swicol.


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b1114, entry 24
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un-geþwrness, e; f. I. discord, dissension, disagreement, division, quarrel :-- Ungeðwrnes discordia, Wülck. Gl. 255, 17. Seó ungeðwrnes wundode ða geðwrnesse discordia vuluerat concordiam, Gl. Prud. 77: 78. Ðonne weaxaþ ða ofermétta and ungeþwrnes (cf. þonan mst cymeþ ... unnetta saca, Met. 25, 44), Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 220, 32. Ungeðurnis vecordia, Rtl. 163, 1. Ungehwrnys ( = -þwrnys) simultas, Hpt. Gl. 495, 59: 522, 16. Ungeþwrnes wæs geworden on ðære menigeo for him dissensio facta est in turbo propter eum, Jn. Skt. 7, 43: 10, 19. On ðisum geáre árás seó ungehwrnes on Glæstingabyrig betwyx ðam abbode and his munecan, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 1. Ðýlæs negu ungeþwrnes on his ágnum ríce áhafen wurde prius quam adversa fama novas res domi moliretur, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 82, 30. Ne mihte hé mid ðone cyning ... sibbe habban; ac swá mycel ungeþwrnys and unsibb betwih him áras (ingravescentibus causis dissensionum), ðæt hí heora fyrd gesomnedon, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 35. Be ungeþwrnysse wið his néhstan de discordia cum proximo suo, L. Ecg. P. ii. 27 tit.; Th. ii. 182, 1. Sii his wunung on hellewíte mid ðám ðe symle on lcre ungeðwrnesse blissiaþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 129, 27. Se swicola feónd swð ungeðwrnysse betwux mancynne, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 19. Ða hwíle ðe hé nige ungeþwrnysse hæbbe on his heortan wið his ðone néhstan quamdiu simultatem ullam in corde suo cum proximo suo habet, L. Ecg. P. ii. 27; Th. ii. 192, 28. Bilewite cild ne hylt langsume ungeþwrnysse tó ðam ðe him derode, Homl. Th. i. 522, 15. Hié gþer hæfdon ungeþwrnesse ge betweónum him selfum ge tó eallum folcum they were at variance both among themselves and with all nations, Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 258, 1. 'Þeód áríst ongeán þeóde:' Mid ðisum wordum hé foresde manna ungeðwrnyssa, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 26, 17. II. trouble, disquiet. v. ungeþwre, III :-- On hú grundleásum seáðe ðæt mód þringþ, ðonne hit bestyrmaþ ðisse worulde ungeþwrnessa (terrenis flatibus aucta crescit in immensum noxia cura), Bt. 3, 2; Fox 6, 9. v. un-þwrness.


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b1158, entry 4
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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 aaines unþeawes, H. M. 41, 7. Warsipe and wisedom wið deuel, Misc. 14, 426.] v. un-wærscipe.


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page d0069, entry 26
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be-dydrian. Add: I. to delude:--Bedydrode lubricat, lubricos facit, decipit, An. Ox. 50, 30. Se swicola feónd hí swíðe bedydrode, swilce ðr sum hús sóðlíce forburne, Hml. Th. ii. 140, 15: 166, 9. Þá dwolmen hine bedydrodon, Hml. S. 3, 316, 320. God sylf forbeád wé swefnum ne folgion, þe ls ðe se deófol ús bedydrian (bedrian, Glostr. Frag. 10, 30) mæge, 21, 413. II. to conceal from (wið):--Se swicola bedyddrað (-dyderað, -dydrað, v. ll.) his dda wið menn, ac hí beóð geopenode oft unþances, Hml. S. 19, 174. [Itt ma þe wrecche follc forrblendenn and bididdrenn, Orm. 15391.]


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page d0697, entry 22
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scín-híw. Add :-- Hé wénde hit wre sumes gástes scínhýw, Hml. S. 23 b, 170. Se swicola deófol hine gesewenlicne on manegum scínhíwum þám hálgan æteówde, 31, 712.


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