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þeáwfæstness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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þeáwfæstness, e; f.
Adherence to the rules of right conduct or method, discipline, obedience to rule
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  • Þeáwfæstnesse

    discipline,

      Hpt. Gl. 432, 34.
  • Be sealmsanges ðeáwfæstnesse

    de disciplina psallendi,

      R. Ben. 45, 2.
  • Ða cild mid steóre and þeáwfæstnysse (

    cum disciplina

    ) heora endebyrdoysse healdon,
      116, 9: R. Ben. Interl. 106, 12.
  • On háligre þeáwfæstnesse,

      Homl. Ass. 40, 406, 404: Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 138.
  • Þeningmen ðe þeáwfæstnysse him gebeódon (cf. þénas ðe his willan gefyllaþ, 65),

      Homl. Skt. i. pref., 62.
  • Regoles gehýrsumnesse and þeáwfæstnesse

    regule oboedientiam et disciplinam,

      R. Ben. Interl. 103, 16.
  • Ðú hatast ðeáwfæstnysse (

    disciplinam,

      Ps. 50, 17), Homl. Th. ii. 532, 2.
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  • þeáwfæstness, n.