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mese quaestiunculae patuit causa rationis. Sed quaeso te, si qua sunt adhuc de 
hujus viri virtutibus, subjunge. 
Wulf. 204.2: bider scylan wiccan and wigleras, and rabest is to scecgenne, 
ealle ba manfullan, be aer yfel worhton. 
smeagan, consider: 
Bede 84.3 a : Mid . . . mode is to smeageanne 7 to gebencenne baet etc. 
= 59.5: pensandum est. 
Greg. 153.13: manegu diglu bing sindon nearolice to smeageanne = 110.20: 
sunt perscrutanda. — lb. 59.21 b : Ymb byllic is . . . to smeaganne, forbam etc. 
= 34.27: Cui considerandum quoque est etc. 
Bened. 16.9: Gif . . . hwylc laesse bing sie to smeagenne = 28.20: Si qua 
vero minora agenda sunt. — lb. 15.6: secge eallum embe hwaet neoda to smea¬ 
genne sy = 26.16: dicat ipse unde agitur. 
Bl. Horn. 33.17: Ac us is to smeagenne baet etc. 
JElf. Horn. I. 254*: Us is to smeagenne baet word. — lb. I. 308 m : Us is to 
smeagenne hu seo claennys waes beonde. 
Wulf. 185.6 a : baet is ofer eal gemet to smeagenne and to sorgianne and on 
mycelre care to cwebanne. 
under standan, understand: 
Bened. 23.7: Nis butan tweon to understandenne se upstige = 46.9: Non 
aliud sine dubio . . . ascensus a nobis intelligitur. 
Mf. Horn. II. 270 b 112 : nis forbi nan bing baeron to understandenne licham- 
lice, ac is eall gastlice to understandenne. — lb. I. 132 b : Be bisum is to under¬ 
standenne hu etc. 
Wulf. 192.21: baet is bonne swa to understandenne, baet etc. — lb. 113.8: 
bonne is baertoeacan gyt to understandenne, baet we etc. 
witan, know: 
Bede 334.26: is hraedlice to witanne baet etc. = 254.27: intimandum. 
Greg. 157.14: Eac is to wietanne baet etc. = 114.9: Notandum itaque est. — 
lb. 269.19: Eac is to witanne baette etc. = 204.1: Sciendum vero est, quod etc. 
Laws 442, Wifmannes Beweddung, Insc., c. 2: A5fter bam is witanne (MS. 
B: to witanne), hwam baet fosterlean gebyrige. 
Wcerf. 329.4: us is baet to witanne . . ., baet etc. = 396 C 2 : Hoc tamen 
sciendum est. — lb. 281.3: Eac us is to witane betweoh obrum wisum, baet etc. 
= 341 B 1 : Sed inter haec sciendum est. 
Bl. Horn. 129.26: baet is bonne geare to witenne. — lb. 63.35: us is to 
witenne baet etc. 
Mlf. Horn. I. 110*: Us is eac to witenne, baet etc. 
Mlf. Gr. 154.1: is to witenne, baet etc. = Sciendum est. 
Wulf. 201.23: eow is eac to witanne, baet etc. 
wundrian, wonder, admire: 
Bede 178.11: Ne baet swibe to wundrienne is = 145.23: Nec mirandum. 
Boeth. 104.4: baet is to wundrianne = 88.12: quod solum quanta dignum 
sit ammiratione. 
Solil. 12.24: hu bin godnes is to wundrienne - admiranda et singularis 
bonitas tua! 
Wcerf. 67.31: ba weorc us syndon swybor to wundrianne = 197 A: ilia 
magis miranda sint. 
Bl. Horn. 33.12: Nis baet to wundrigenne . 
