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regol

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
regol, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§92; §199;
a rule
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  • Se gewuna is strængra on ǽlcum worde ðon his regal sý,

      Ælfc. Gr. 30, 4; Som.. 34, 67.

  • Sume gáþ of ðam regole, forðan ðe se gewuna is strengra, eruo ic nerige, erutus generod. Nú wolde se regol ðæs cræftes habban of ðam eruturus, ac se gewuna hylt

    eruiturus,

      41; Som. 44, 24-26.

  • Ðis is lǽwedra regol æfter bóclícere gesetnysse,

      Homl. Th. ii. 94, 8.
  • Se Hǽlend him tǽhte ðone regol, ðæt hí sceoldon yfel mid góde forgyldan, i. 372, 31.

  • Ðone eásterlícan regol

    the rule for determining Easter,

      Lchdm. iii. 264, 16.

  • Ðonne byþ hé geteald tó ðam mónþe and bē his regolum ácunnod,

      250, 6.

  • On mynsteres reogolum gelǽred

    monasterii regulis erudita,

      Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 10.

  • Hé symle rihte regolas Godes cyricean (

    catholicas ecclesiae regulas

    ) lufode,
      5, 19; S. 638, 33.

  • Rúme regulas geongra monna

    the lax rules of young men,

      Exon. Th. 131, 23; Gú. 460.
a rule, pattern, standard, norm
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  • Ða leásan wítegan wǽron gedwolmen, and woldon áwendan ðone sóðan geleáfan of ðam rihtan regole tó heora gedwyldum,

      Homl. Th. ii. 404, 9.

  • Regol normam vite, regol

    normam,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 53-54.
as an ecclesiastical term,
a single rule or
prescript, a canon
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  • Ðæs regles

    canonis,

      Jn. Skt. p. 1, 12.

  • Reglas

    canones,

      Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 18.

  • Bóc ðara reogola

    librum canonum,

      Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 25.
the body of rules which guide a particular order of ecclesiastics, a rule, e. g. the Benedictine
rule
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  • Hér beginþ seó foresprǽc muneca regules,

      R. Ben. 1, 1.

  • Wite se abbod, eal ðæt hé dó, ðæt hé hit dó mid gehealdsumnesse ðæs regoles,

      16, 6.

  • Munecas ðe under regole (

    sub regula

    ) lifigeaþ,
      Bd. 4, 4; S. 571, 21.

  • Intó Sanctus Benedictus regole,

      Chart. Th. 548, 4.

  • Ðæt forme muneca cyn is mynster-monna, ðæt is ðara ðe under regule and abbodes tǽcinge wuniaþ,

      R. Ben. 9, 4.

  • On ǽlcum þingum hié sceolon habban ðone regol tó láreówe,

      15, 20.

  • Benedictus nam ðone hálgan regol ðe hé mid his handum áwrát,

      Homl. Skt. i. 6, 66.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. regula regula, canon : Icel. regla. From Lat. regula.]
Similar entries
v. munuc-, riht-regol.
Linked entries
v.  regul.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “regol.” 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/25667.

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