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setness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
setness, e; f.
an ordinance, a regulation, an institution
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  • Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ðe Eádulf hæfþ gerád tó setnesse,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 295, 32.

  • Gé forlǽtaþ Godes bebod and healdaþ manna laga (setnesse, Lind.: setnisse, Rush.

    traditionem

    ),
      Mk. Skt. 7, 8, 3, 13.

  • Setnesa,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 2.

  • The word glosses also testimonium, Mt. Kmbl. p. 1, 11:

    testamentum

    , p.
      2, 5.
constitution, arrangement
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  • From setnisse middangeardes

    a constitution mundi, Mt.

      Kmbl. Rush. 25, 34.
Etymology
[Heo makeden ane sætnesse . . . þe ælc cheorl eæt his sulche hæfde grið, Laym. 4258. Godess laȝhe & hiss hallȝhe settnesse þeȝȝ didenn fallen dun, & hofenn affterr þeȝȝre wille settnessess, hu mann birrde Godess laȝhe follȝhenu, Orm. 16836-43.]
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v. á-, fore-, ge-, in-, on-, wið-setness.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “setness.” 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/27561.

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