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Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Prepositional phrase[edit]
- at work
- c. 973, Æthelwold, translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict
- Sē twelfta stepe ēaðmōdnesse is ġif munuc biþ ǣġhwǣr ēaðmōd eallum þām þe hine on lōciaþ, ġe on weorce, ġe on ġebēdhūse, ġe innan mynstre, ġe on wyrttūne, ġe on fare, ġe on æcre.
- The twelfth level of humility is if a monk is humble everywhere to anyone who looks at him, whether at work, in the oratory, in the monastery, in the garden, on a journey, or in the field.
- c. 973, Æthelwold, translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict