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diht

  • noun [ masculine ]
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diht, es; m.
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order, arrangement, disposition of material
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  • God geswác ðæs dihtes ealra his weorca . . . Hé gedihte ealle gesceafta . . . and on ðám deópan dihte stódon ealle þá ðing ðe ðágyt nǽron. Witodlíce wé wǽron on þám dihte,

      Hml. Th. ii. 206, 8-19.
  • I a. of composition :---
  • Hé gesette þurh his sylfes diht án þúsend bóca,

      Hml. A. 5, 105.
direction of action, conduct
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  • Wé ne beóð be ágenum dihte ácennede,

      Hml. Th. ii. 230, 30: 232, 1.
  • Hí leofodon him be heora ágenum dihte, be nánes ealdres wissunge,

      Hml. A. 44, 502: Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 8.
  • II a. direction by one in authority,
of men
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  • Benedictus sǽde þæt heora þeáwas ne mihton his dihte (

    his rule as abbot

    ) geðwǽrlǽcan,
      Hml. Th. ii. 158, 7.
  • Hý bedreáf onfón æfter heora abbodes dyhte (

    dispositionem

    ),
      R. Ben. 47, 5.
  • Þæt hí drohtnian on mynstre be heora ealdres dihte,

      Hml. Th. i. 318, 9.
  • Be Maures dihte ádreógan his líf,

      Hml. S. 6, 221.
of the Deity
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  • On þám micclan dihte Godes foresceáwunge,

      Hml. A. 70, 120.
  • Æfter Godes dihte,

      24, 14.
  • Ealle gesceafta ðeówiað hyra Scyppende, for ðon þe hí farað æfter Godes dihte,

      Hml. Th. i. 172, 17.
  • Hé áwrát ðá ealdan ǽ be Godes dihte,

      312, 14: 40, 33.
  • Marcus be Godes dihte gefór tó Ǽgypta lande,

      Hml. S. 15, 1.
  • Seó sunne gǽð be Godes dihte,

      Lch. iii. 234, 19.
  • On bócum þe ðurh Godes dihte gesette wǽron,

      Hml. Th. ii. 444, 19.
  • Þurh Godes diht,

      594, 23.
the office of a director
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  • Scír vel diht

    dispensatio,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 65.
  • Gesette hé þæne and gehádige tó ðám dihte abbodhádes þe Godes hús wel fadige (gesetton þone tó abbode and gehádian tó ðám dihte ꝥ hé Godes hús wel fadige,

    v. l.) domui Dei dignum constituant dispensatorem,

      R. Ben. 119, 11.
an order, precept
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  • Ditio vel arbitrio, judicio vel

    ratione, lege

    vel dihte,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 9.
  • Dómas and dihtas rihte man geornlíce, þæt leód and lagu trumlíce stande,

      Wlfst. 74, 8.
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