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'Wita sceal geþyldig' - Leslie comments that 'after discussing the prerequisite for gaining wisdom, the wanderer enumerates the elements of which it consists'. Mitchell suggests that to is an example of meiosis; the qualities described are not objectionable only when held in excess but are intrinsically undesirable. Or is it moderation that is encouraged?
The rhetorical structure of the passage may be homiletic in origin; Wulfstan, for instance, lists qualities Ne beon ge and qualities which ne ænig man should be.
In each instance here, beon or wesan should be understood after sceal.