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† i-ˈsetnesse Obs. [OE. ᵹesętnes, f. ᵹesęttan, i-set v.: see -ness.] Institution, ordinance, statute, law.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. v. (1890) 274 In swa micle lufan þære Romaniscan cirican ᵹesetenisse. c1000ælfric Hom. I. 358 Seo ealde æ wæs eaðelicre þonne Cristes ᵹesetnys sy. c1000Ags. Gosp. Mark vii. 3 Healdende hyra yldrena ᵹesetnessa. c1175Lamb. Hom. 87 Þe dei pentecostes ihaten on þere alde isetnesse. Ibid. 119 Butan godes laȝe and godes isetnesse. 1258Proclam. Hen. III (Rot. Pat. 43 Hen. III, M. 15. No. 40. l. 4), To healden and to werien þo itsetnesses þæt beon imakede & beon to makien. |