Stihtian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - stihtian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- stihtian
- p. ode To dispose, arrange, order, ordain, rule :--Stihtaþ word his in dóme disponet sermones suos in judicio, Ps. Surt. 111, 5. Suíðe ryhte stihtaþ ðone anwald se ðe geornlíce conn ongietan ðæt hé of him gadrige ðæt him stælwierðe sié potentiam bene regit, qui tenere illam noverit, Past. 17, 5 ; Swt. 115, 2. Hé ealle gesceafta þurh his godcunde meht and þurh his écean snyttro æfter his willan receþ and stihtaþ, Blickl. Homl. 121, 16. Settaþ ða tó dómerum, ðæt hié stihtien ymb ða eorðlican ðing (ut dispensationibus terrenis inserviant), Past. 18, 2 ; Swt. 131, 8. Ðý upplícan dóme stihtigende superno dispensante judicio, Bd. 4, 3 ; S. 567, 7.