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ge-met-fæstnys

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ge-met-fæstnys, -nyss, e; f.
Moderation, modesty; moderatio, moderamen, modestia
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  • Mycelre monþwǽrnysse and ǽrfæstnysse and gemetfæstnysse mon

    summæ mansuetudinis et pietatis ac moderaminis vir.

      Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 32: 3, 14; S. 540, 13.
  • Petrus tihte geleáffulle wíf to eádmódnesse and gemetfæstnysse

    Peter exhorted faithful women to humility and modesty,

      Homl. Th. i. 98, 3.
  • Gimetfæstnisse

    modestiam,

      Rtl. 13, 33.
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  • ge-met-fæstnys, n.