† skillwisenessn.
Obsolete.
Discretion, intelligence, reason.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [noun]
i-witc888
anyitOE
understandinga1050
ferec1175
skillwisenessa1200
quaintisec1300
brainc1325
cunning1340
reder1340
cunningnessa1400
sentencec1400
intelligence?1435
speculation1471
ingeny1474
cunningheadc1475
capacity1485
pregnancyc1487
dexterity1527
pregnance?1533
shift1542
wittiness1543
ingeniousness1555
conceitedness1576
pate1598
conceit1604
ingeniosity1607
dexterousness1622
talent1622
ingenuousness1628
solertiousnessa1649
ingenuity1651
partedness1654
brightness1655
solerty1656
prettiness1674
long head1694
long lega1705
cleverness1755
smartness1800
cleverality1828
brain power1832
knowledgeability1834
braininess1876
cerebrality1901
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [noun]
redeOE
witOE
skillc1175
skillwisenessa1200
reason?c1225
witsa1300
intellecta1398
rationala1398
understandinga1425
natural reason1440
rationabilitya1500
judgement1749
noesis1881
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun]
shedc950
skilla1200
skillwisenessa1200
doomc1374
subtilitya1398
subtiltyc1405
subtletya1425
dijudication1549
choice1583
decernment1586
quiddity1602
discerning1608
discernance1612
sensea1616
sense of things1648
tact1797
appreciation1810
kokum1848
a1200 Vices & Virtues 149 Þe is god þat þu beseke at gode one mihte ðe hatte discrecio, þat is, sckelewisnesse.
c1325 Metr. Hom. 1 Thou made manne, And gaf him gast of schilwisnes.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 567 It has als schilwisnes o will, þe god to tak and leue þe ill.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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