† i-setnessen.
Obsolete.
Institution, ordinance, statute, law.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > [noun] > edict, decree, ordinance, or institute
doomc825
i-setnessec900
setnessc950
edict1297
statutec1300
purveyancea1325
assize1330
ordinancec1330
decreetc1374
constitutionc1380
decree?a1400
sizea1400
stablementc1400
edictionc1470
stablishment1473
ordinationc1499
estatutea1514
placarda1530
prescript1532
golden bull1537
rescript1545
institute1546
institution1551
constitutec1561
sanction1570
decretal1588
ordain1596
decretum1602
invention1639
scite1656
dispositive1677
bull1696
ordonnance1702
subnotation1839
senatus consultum1875
fatwa1989
society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > commandment or precept
i-setnessec900
bibodc1000
lawa1225
commandmentc1250
lorea1300
preceptc1384
statutea1393
preception1620
rubric1891
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iv. v. 274 In swa micle lufan þære Romaniscan cirican gesetenisse.
c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 358 Seo ealde æ wæs eaðelicre þonne Cristes gesetnys sy.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) vii. 3 Healdende hyra yldrena gesetnessa.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 87 Þe dei pentecostes ihaten on þere alde isetnesse.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 119 Butan godes laȝe and godes isetnesse.
1258 Proclam. 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.
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