Ge-setednes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-setednes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; Related words: ge-setnes. ge-setenes,ge-setednes

Definitions

1 ge-setednes

f. A constitution, law, ceremony, religion; constĭtūtio, lex, cērĕmōnia, relĭgio :-- Hwæt ys ðeós gesetednys quæ est ista religio? Ex. 12, 26. Fram middaneardes gesetednesse a constĭtŭtiōne mundi, Mt. Bos. 13, 35. Begýmaþ ðisse gesetednysse observābĭtis cērĕmōnias istas, Ex. 12, 25. To gesetednisse for a law, Gen. 47, 26.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᛖᛏᛖᛞᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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