seleness

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seleness f

  1. tradition
    • Lindisfarne Gospels, "Gospel of Saint Matthew", chapter 15, verse 2-3
      Forhuon ðegnas ðīne hīa ofergæs ł oferhogas selenise ł setnesa ðāra ældra? Ne forðon ðwas hond hiora mið ðȳ hlāf eattas. ðe ł hē wutetlīce ondworde cueð him: forhuon and ġie ofergaað ł forhogas bebod Godes fore selenise ł setnise hire?
      Why your thanes, they go beyond tradition of their elders? Not because they wash their hand with bread they eat. He however answering said to them: Why and you go beyond God's command for tradition of itself?

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