"wærscipe" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwær.ʃi.pe/, [ˈwærˠ.ʃi.pe]
Etymology: wær (“cautious”) + -sċipe (“-ship”) Etymology templates: {{af|ang|wær|-sċipe|t1=cautious|t2=-ship}} wær (“cautious”) + -sċipe (“-ship”) Head templates: {{ang-noun|n|head=wærsċipe}} wærsċipe n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-ja-m|wærsċip|num=sg}}, {{ang-decl-noun|wærsċipe|wærsċipas|wærsċipe|wærsċipas|wærsċipes|wærsċipa|wærsċipe|wærsċipum|num=sg|title=|type=strong ja-stem}} Forms: wærsċipe [canonical, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], wærsċipe [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], wærsċipe [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], wærsċipes [genitive, singular], - [genitive, plural], wærsċipe [dative, singular], - [dative, plural], wærsċype [alternative]
  1. caution, prudence, circumspection Derived forms: unwærscipe
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