An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/gescheit

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2525330An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G — gescheitJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

gescheit, ‘sensible, judicious, discreet,’ corrupted into gescheut, from Middle High German geschîde, adjective, ‘sensible, sly’; akin to schîden, a variant of scheiden. See scheiden.