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þeáwfæstness

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1 þeáwfæstness

f. Adherence to the rules of right conduct or method, discipline, obedience to rule :-- 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. þeawfæstness
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚦᛖᚪᚹᚠᚫᛋᛏᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ps.
Psalms (OE)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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