unwislice

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From un- +‎ wīslīċe. Cognate with Old High German unwīslīhho.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈunˌwiːsˌliː.t͡ʃe/, [ˈunˌwiːzˌliː.t͡ʃe]

Adverb[edit]

unwīslīċe

unwisely, foolishly

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: vnwyseliche, vnwysely, vnwysely
- English: unwisely

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “unwíslíce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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