Obs. [f. WARELY a. + -NESS.] Caution, carefulness.
c. 1000. Ags. Hom. (Assmann), xiii. 263. Us is on ðam micel wærlicnys ʓetacnad and æteowed on ðære onfangennysse ures drihtnes lichaman.
a. 1425. trans. Arderne’s Treat. Fistula, etc., 74. Aftirward … be þe longaon putte into his place, and be it fast bondyn with warlynez [L. ligetur cum cautela] þat it go noȝt out.
