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ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).
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a row, series, rank of objects on the same level
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  • Ðá xii apostolas and siððan ealle ðá endebyrdnessa ðára biscopa ðe ðǽræfter fylgeað

    universus pastorum ordo,

    • Past. 105, 6
      • .

  • Heó hæfð on ǽghwylcum leáfe twá endebyrdnyssa fægerra pricena,

    • Lch. i. 188, 13
      • .
a rank, grade, degree, body of persons of the same status
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  • Ǽlc endebyrdnes on mynstre sceal beón gefadod be heora gecyrrednesse,

    • R. Ben. 113, 21
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rank, position, degree,
of persons
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  • Menn magon on ǽlcere endebyrdnysse ðám Ælmihtigan gecwéman,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 318, 31.

    Quotus and totus

    gebyriað swýðost tó endebyrdnysse.

    Quotus es in ordine monachorum ?

    hwylcere endebyrdnysse eart ðú betwux munecum? Ic cweþe

    secundus vel tertius,

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 117, 15-118, 1
      • .

  • Ná be gebyrdum ánum þis is tó healdenne, ac be ealles mynstres endebyrdnysse,

    • R. Ben. 12, 18
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  • Hé sý onfangen on úteweardre endebyrdnesse

    in ultimo gradu recipiatur,

    • 53, 11
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  • Swá bið on ðisse menniscan gecynde manige on beteran háde and on beteran endebyrdnesse wyrsan, and on wyrsan háde and on wyrsan endebyrdnesse beteran

    sic in humano genere et quidam in meliori ordine deteriores sunt, et quidam in deteriori ordine meliores,

    • Past. 411, 32-34
      • .
of things
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  • Ðæs ðe seó endebyrdnes and ðæt gecynd forwiernð ðǽm iacinte, se wlite his beorhtnesse hit eft geíceð, and eft ðeáh ðe ðæt gecynd and sió endebyrdness ðæs carbuncules hine úp áhebbe, his blioh hine gescent

    hyacintho, quod naturae ordo subtrahit, species decoris adjungit, et carbunculum, quem naturalis ordo praetulerat, coloris qualitas foedat,

    • Past. 411, 29-32
      • .
an order, a body of persons of the same occupation in a community
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  • On þysre worulde synd þreó endebyrdnysse on ánnysse gesette, ꝥ synd

    laboratores, oratores, bellatores,

    • Hml. S. 25, 813
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a class of beings distinguished from others by nature or character
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  • Þǽr beóð feówer werod . . . þæt forme werod biþ þǽra apostola . . . Óðer endebyrdnys bið geleáffulra woruldmanna . . . Án endebyrdnys bið þǽra wiðercorenra . . . Óðer endebyrdnys bið þǽra hǽðenra manna,

    • Hml. Th. i. 396, 15-28
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  • Se Drihten þe on engla endebyrdnesse wæs gehered þá hé wæs on Betleem ácenned,

    • Bl. H. 93, 8
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rank in specific departments.
one of the nine orders of angels
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  • Mid þám ix endebyrdnyssum heofonwara,

    • Wlfst. 183, 16
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  • Uton biddan ðá nigen endebyrdnessa ðára háligra engla,

    • Bl. H. 209, 27
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rank in the church
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  • Hwæt getácniað ðá stánas ðæs hálgan húses búton ðone hád ðǽre hálgan endebyrdnesse

    quid sanctuarii lapidibus nisi sacrorum ordinum personae signantur?,

      Past. 133, 17.

  • Preóstas ðe synt þǽre micclau endebyrdnysse ꝥ hí sceolon óðrum mannum ðǽre sýfernysse God bodian,

    • Hml. A. 146, 60
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  • Cyrclicre endebyrdnysse

    ecclesiasticis gradibus,

    • Guth. 90, 16.

  • Hé weóx on endebyrdnysse

    (ordini),

    • Gr. D. 67, 28
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  • Ðá ðe ðá endebyrdnesse underfóð ðæs hálgan hádes

    qui ordinem sanctitatis habet,

    • Past. 31, 11
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succession in place or time.
arrangement in which one thing follows another
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  • Gif hwám þises sealmsanges fadung and endebyrdnes mislícað,

    • R. Ben. 44, 14
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  • Hwilcre endebyrdnesse þá sealmas tó cweþenne sýn,

    • 6, 25
      • :
    • 35, 13
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  • Æfter endebyrdnesse

    per ordinem,

    • Bd. 4, 5
      • ;
    • Sch. 375, 9
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  • Æfter þǽre endebyrdnesse þe se abbod gestaþelað gange sélc æfter óðrum tó cosse,

    • 115, 2
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  • Gesinge hé fiftig sealma be endebyrdnysse

    (juxta ordinem),

    • Ll. Th. ii. 134, 12
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  • Sindon twá béc gesette on endebyrdnisse tó Salamones bócum,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 41
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  • In endebrednesse

    in ordine (uicis suae ),

    • Lk. R. L. 1, 8
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  • Hí ealle sceolden þurh endebyrdnesse be hearpan singan,

    • Bd. 4, 24
      • ;
    • Sch. 482, 17
      • .
succession of events
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  • Mishwyrfedre endebyrdnysse

    ordine prepostero,

    • An. Ox. 4870
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  • Eall þás þing of endebyrdnysse

    (ex ordine)

    gefyllede wǽron,

    • Bd. 3, 15
      • ;
    • Sch. 263, 2
      • .
course of life:
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  • Hé him mid sóðe wítegunge his lífes endebyrdnysse sǽde,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 148, 14
      • :
    • Hml. S. 5, 254
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with reference to narrative or statement in which circumstances are stated in proper order
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  • Wit gerehton æfter endebyrdnysse be ealre uncer fóre,

    • Hml. A. 107, 414
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  • Hé þis æfter endebyrdnysse sægeð,

    • 162, 238
      • :
    • 152, 12
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  • Hé him sǽde his síð be ændebyrdnysse,

    • 107, 159
      • :
    • Hml. Th. ii. 486, 4
      • :
    • Hml. S. 7, 344
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  • Mid endebrednisse áwríta

    ex ordine scribere,

    • Lk. R. 1, 3
      • .

  • Þurh (be, v. l.) endebyrdnesse,

    • Gr. D. 144, 26.
a regular narrative, a series of statements:
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  • Wé oferrǽddon þis godspel for gereccednysse ðǽre godspellican endebyrdnysse . . . nú wille wé eft oferyrnan þá ylcan godspellican endebyrdnysse,

    • Hml. Th. i. 104, 3-8
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  • Nú syndon hit þás dagas swá swá hit hér on segð. Se forma dæg on Martio . . . On Februaruis mónðe se .iiii. dæg . . . Wé gesetton on foreweardan þissere endebyrdnesse Martius,

    • Lch. iii. 152, 8-31
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  • Wé nymað of þám bócum þás endebyrdnysse þe Móyses áwrát,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 13
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  • Wé habbað nú miccle máran endebyrdnysse þǽre Crístes béc gesǽd þonne ðis dægðerlice godspel behæfð

    we have mentioned many more circumstances than are contained in the gospel for the day,

    • Hml. Th. i. 220, 24
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where superiority is marked by position,
order; place in a series or company
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  • On nánum stówum ne sý endebyrdnes be nánre ylde gefadod . . . Bútan þám ánum þe of hyra endebyrdnysse útor áscofene synd, oðþe innor genumene, ǽlc óþer healde his endebyrdnesse,

    • R. Ben. 115, 5-11
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  • Ne stande hé on his stede and endebyrdnesse, ac stande hé ealra ýtemest,

    • 68, 10
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  • Wé tógædere cóman and æfter endebyrdnesse

    (juxta ordinem)

    ætsomne sǽton,

    • Bd. 4, 5
      • ;
    • Sch. 374, 15
      • .
order, condition in which a thing performs its proper functions
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  • Ic ongite ꝥ ealle gesceafta tófleówon swá swá wæter, and náne sibbe ne náne endebyrdnesse ne heóldon,

    • Bl. 34, 12
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    • F. 154, 3
      • :
    • 39, 5
      • ;
    • F. 218, 15
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order, suitable means to attain an end, method:
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  • On hwylcere endebyrdnysse magon wé Jóseph tó ús gelaðian and hym wyþ sprecan

    by what means shall we bring Joseph to us to speak with him?

      (
    • Nic. H. 11, 7
      • ),
    • Nic. 10, 3
      • .
regular mode of procedure
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  • Sé ðe eall gefyllan mæg ꝥ on þǽre béc gecweden is, ꝥ biþ swýðe gód, and hit bið riht endebyrdnys

    (rectus ordo),

    • Ll. Th. ii. 134, 11
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  • Þæt hí dæghwomlíce Godes þénunge mid þæslícere endebyrdnysse gefyldon,

    • Hml. Th. i. 588, 29
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  • Mid gelimplicre endebyrdnesse,

    • Bl. H. 207, 33
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  • Þá gefadunge þe snotorlíce geset is be incúþra þinga endebyrdnysse

    the disposition which is prudently appointed concerning procedure in the case of strange matters,

    • Lch. iii. 440, 26
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  • Hé rihte endebyrdnesse lífes

    (rectum uiuendi ordinem)

    ætýwde,

    • Bd. 4, 2
      • ;
    • Sch. 344, 2
      • .

  • Hí Gode lác bróhton . . . and on heora yldrena endebyrdnysse Gode gecwémdon. Nú is geméted þæt Maria hæfð níwe endebyrdnysse ongunnon Gode mid tó gecwémanne, cweð þæt heó wile hire mægðhád bringan,

    • Hml. A. 129, 442-130, 449.
a stated form of a rite, order of service:
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  • Þá gefullode hine mon on ðǽre ciricean endebyrdnesse,

    • Bl. H. 215, 35
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    • 213, 14
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order of nature, system in which things proceed according to fixed laws
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  • Ðára unstillena gesceafta styring ne mæg nó weorþan onwend of ðám ryne and of þǽre endebyrdnesse þe him geset is,

    • Bt. 21
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    • F. 74, 5
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  • Hí ne móton tóslúpan of heora endebyrdnesse,

    • 39, 5
      • ;
    • F. 218, 32
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  • Hé gesceóp englas and heáhenglas and ealle heofenlice miht and endebyrdnysse,

    • Wlfst. 293, 11
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the action of putting or keeping in order, regulation, ordering
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  • Hí sylfe ealdras geworhton on swylcere fadunge and endebyrdnesse. . . . Eal mynstres fadung and endebyrdness on þæs abbodes dóme stande,

    • R. Ben. 125, 4-8
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  • Mid hwilcere endebyrdnesse hé gestaþolaþ and gemetgað ealle gesceafta

    quibus legibus orbem servet,

    • Bt. 25
      • ;
    • F. 88, 4
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  • Ꝥte middangeardes erning sibsum ús ðínum endebrednisse sié gerihtad

    ut mundi cursus pacificus nobis tuo ordine dignatur,

    • Rtl. 39, 9
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an injunction, ordinance
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  • Ús is tó understandenne ðás endebyrdnyssa,

    • Hml. S. 16, 238
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v. riht-, tó-endebyrdness.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ende-byrdnes.” 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/44047.

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