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ge-setnes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ge-setnes, -setenes, -setednes, -ness, -nis, -niss, -nys, -nyss, e; f.
Position, foundation, tradition, an institution, constitution, composition, ordinance, decree, law; pŏsĭtio, sĭtus, fundātio, trādĭtio, instĭtūtio, constĭtūtio, compŏsĭtio, lex, pactum
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  • Cúþ is gehwilcum snotterum mannum, ðæt seó ealde ǽ wæs eáðelícre ðonne Cristes gesetnys sý

    it is known to every intelligent man that the old law was easier than the institute of Christ is,

      Homl. Th. i. 358, 28, 30.

  • Wæs se cyning becumen on swá mycle lufan ðære Rómániscan cyricean gesetnysse and ðære Apostolícan

    rex tĕnēbātur ămōre Rōmānæ et Ăpŏstŏlĭcæ instĭtūtiōnis,

      Bd. 4, 5; S. 571, 32: 5, 20; S. 642, 13.

  • Be gesetnysse Breotene

    de sĭtu Brĭtanniæ,

      1, 1; S. 473, 6: Nar. 1, 5.

  • Ǽr middaneardes gesetnysse

    before the foundation of the world,

      Homl. Th. ii. 364, 27: Mk. Bos. 7, 5.

  • Be Godes gesetnysse

    by God's ordinance,

      Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 11, 22; Lchdm. iii. 258, 7: Ælfc. T. 17, 24.

  • Ðú cwǽde ðæt ǽlc wuht his rihte gesetnesse fuleóde, bútan menn ánum

    thou saidst that every creature fulfilled its right institution, except man alone,

      Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 9: Homl. Th. ii. 330, 35.

  • Rǽdaþ sume men ða leásan gesetnysse

    some men read the false composition,

      Homl. Th. ii. 332, 22: i. 358, 14.

  • Israhél syngode and ða gesetnisse gewemde

    peccāvit Israel et prævārĭcātus est pactum meum,

      Jos. 7, 11.

  • Sint heora gesetnessa swíðe mislíca

    their institutions are very various,

      Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 22.

  • Healdende hira yldrena gesetnessa

    tĕnentes trādĭtiōnem sĕniōrum,

      Mk. Bos. 7, 3.

  • Ða gesetnessa sigora Wealdend lǽt geond ðas mǽran gesceaft mearce healden

    the Lord of victories permits these constitutions to keep their limits over this great creation,

      Bt. Met. Fox 11, 141; Met. l1, 75.

  • Be gesetnessum and gemétum sprǽccynna

    de fĭgūris mŏdisque lŏcūtiōnum,

      Bd. 5, 24: S. 648, 42.

  • Be heofenes gesetenissum

    de statu cæli,

      Nar. 1, 16.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-setnes.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/15983.

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