allvishet

From allvis +‎ -het

allvishet c

1. infinite wisdom (the quality of being all-wise)
   • 1878, Jac Ahrenberg, På studieresor‎^[1], Edlund, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 4 April 2025, page 50:

     [Vilhelm Erövraren] skulle ha eröfrat hela verlden, om icke vår Herre i sin allvishet låtit den bålde hjelten falla ned från hästryggen och dö.

     William the Conqueror would've conquered the whole world, had our Lord, in His infinite wisdom, not let the brave hero fall from his horse and die.

   • 1910, Sophie Elkan, Anckarström II. Kungamördaren‎^[2], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 4 April 2025, page 116:

     – Lotten har fallit på mig. Gud har i sin allvishet bestämt det från tidernas början.

     "The lot has fallen on me. God, in his infinite wisdom, has decided it from the beginning of time."

2. (definite form) synonym of den Allvise (“the All-Wise”)
   • 1935, Hans Ruin, “Katharsis”, in Poesiens mystik‎^[3], Söderström & C:o förlagsaktiebolag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 4 April 2025, page 437:

     [F]ör Goethe [är] gudomen icke Allvisheten eller Allmakten, utan Allkärleken.

     For Goethe, the deity is not the All-Wise or the All-Powerful, but the All-Loving.

• allvishet in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker