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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

    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
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  • 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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  • ge-setnes, n.