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hand-dǽda

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hand-dǽda, an; m.
One who does a deed with his own hand
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  • Ðonne wille ic ðæt eall seó mǽgþ sý unfáh bútan ðam handdǽdan

    then I will that all the kindred be free from the feud except the actual doer of the deed,

      L. Edm. S. 1; Th, i. 248, 6, 12: L. Eth. 2, 5; Th. i. 286, 22.
Etymology
[Cf. hand-bana.]
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v.  -dǽda.
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  • hand-dǽda, n.