endebyrdnes

f (-se/-sa) 1. a row, series, rank of objects on the same level; 2. a rank, grade, degree, condition, body of persons of the same status; 2a. rank, position, degree, (1) of persons, (2) of things; 3. an order, a body of persons of the same occupation in a community; 4. a class of beings distinguished from others by nature or character; 5. rank in specific departments; (1) one of the nine orders of angels; (2) rank in the church; 6. succession in place or time, order, series; (1) arrangement in which one thing follows another; (2) succession of events, order, series; (2a) course of life; (3) with reference to narrative or statement in which circumstances are stated in proper order; he þis æfter endebyrdnesse sægde he said this according to order; (3a) a regular narrative, a series of statements; circumstances; (4) where superiority is marked by position, order; place in a series or company; 7. order, condition in which a thing performs its proper functions; 8. order, suitable means to an end, method, way, rule, manner, means; on hwilcre \endebyrdnesse magon we Ioseph tó ús gelaðian and him wiþ sprecan by what means shall we bring Joseph to us to speak with him?; 9. regular mode of procedure; 9a. a stated form of a rite, order of service; 10. order of nature, system in which things proceed according to fixed laws; 11. the action of putting or keeping in order, regulation, ordering; 12. an injunction, ordinance; [original: order, succession, series, arrangement, method, way, rule, manner, means; grade, degree, rank, condition]