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ælmes-dǽd

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ælmes-dǽd, e; f.
An alms-deed, a charitable action
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  • Ðá ðing ðe God bebeád, ðæt is . . . ælmesdǽda,

      Hml. Th. ii. 22, 10: 602, 10.
  • Nis nán ðearfa fram ælmesdǽdum áscyred,

      106, 8.
  • Hé on ælmesdǽdum áwunode

    in eleemosynis permansit,

      Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 28.
  • Gif se mon áhefð his handa tó ælmesdǽdum,

      Bl. H. 37, 24: H. R. 17, 27: Wlfst. 238, 24.
  • Mid ælmesdǽdum and mid óðrum gódum weorcum,

      142, 24.
  • Góde weorc begán and ælmesdǽda,

      286, 6: Hml. Th. ii. 100, 21.
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  • ælmes-dǽd, n.