ge-setnes
- noun [ feminine ]
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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.
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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.
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Be gesetnysse Breotene
de sĭtu Brĭtanniæ,
- 1, 1; S. 473, 6: Nar. 1, 5.
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Ǽr middaneardes gesetnysse
before the foundation of the world,
- Homl. Th. ii. 364, 27: Mk. Bos. 7, 5.
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Be Godes gesetnysse
by God's ordinance,
- Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 11, 22; Lchdm. iii. 258, 7: Ælfc. T. 17, 24.
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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.
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Israhél syngode and ða gesetnisse gewemde
peccāvit Israel et prævārĭcātus est pactum meum,
- Jos. 7, 11.
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Sint heora gesetnessa swíðe mislíca
their institutions are very various,
- Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 22.
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Healdende hira yldrena gesetnessa
tĕnentes trādĭtiōnem sĕniōrum,
- Mk. Bos. 7, 3.
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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.
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Be gesetnessum and gemétum sprǽccynna
de fĭgūris mŏdisque lŏcūtiōnum,
- Bd. 5, 24: S. 648, 42.
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Be heofenes gesetenissum
de statu cæli,
- Nar. 1, 16.
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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