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ge-sibsumnes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ge-sibsumnes, -sibbsumnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f. [sibsumnes peacefulness]
Peacefulness, concord, reconciliation; pax, concordĭa, rĕconcĭliātio
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  • We mágon gecnáwan on ðara ungesceádwísra niétena gesibsumnesse, hú micel yfel sió gesceádwíslíce gecynd þurh ða ungesibsumnesse gefremeþ

    we can understand from the peacefulness of irrational animals how great a sin the rational race of man commits in being quarrelsome,

      Past. 46, 4; Swt. 349, 25; Hat. MS. 66 b, 24; Lev. 7, 32.
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v.  ge-sibbsumnys.
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  • ge-sibsumnes, n.