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gistlíþ-ness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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gistlíþ-ness, (gæstlíþ-ness, gestlíþ-ness, q. v. in Dict.)
hospitality
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  • Swilce hé gestlíþnysse gegearwode

    quasi hospitalitatem exhiberet,

      Gr. D. 76, 19.
  • Gestlíþnesse begangan, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 64, 3. ¶ on gistlíþnesse as a guest :-- Gif bescoren man gange him an gestlíðnesse, gefe him man ǽnes

    if a tonsured man go from house to house seeking entertainment, let it be given him once,

      Ll. Th. i. 38, 12.
  • Hé sumne Godes mann preósthádes on gestlíðnysse onféng

    clericum quendam hospitio recepit,

      Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 20, 1.
  • For þám cuman þe hé on gestlíðnysse (gyst-, v. l.) gefeormode

    pro hospite quem susceperat,

      Sch. 21, 8.
  • On gestlíþnysse onfón

    in hospitalitatem suscipere,

      Gr. D. 77, 3.
  • Wæs hé on sumum húse inne þe hé hwílum on gæstlíþnesse wunode (

    hospitari solebat

    ),
      Guth. Gr. 171, 16.
  • Cf. cum-líþnes.
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  • gistlíþ-ness, n.