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wel-dǽd

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wel-dǽd, e; f.
a good deed
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  • Wé sceolon on úrum weldǽdum blissian mid sóðre eádmódnysse, and úrum Drihtne ðancian his gife, ðæt hé ús geúðe, ðæt wé móston his willan gewyrcan þurh sume weldǽde. Ne mæg nán man náht tó góde gedón búton Godes gife,

      Homl. Th. ii. 432, 6-10.

  • Dó well on eallum ðínum lífe, and wé siððan æfter ðínum weldǽdum ðé eft genimaþ tó ús,

      346, 17: i. 414, 30: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 148.

  • Wlitige gewyrtad mid hyra weldǽdum,

      Exon. Th. 234, 21; Ph. 543.

  • Sprec ofter ymb óðres monnes weldǽda ðonne ymb ðíne ágene,

      Prov. Kmbl. 10.
a benefit, favour, kindness
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  • Weldǽd

    benefitium,

      Cod. Dip. B. i. 155, 19.

  • Hé ús gelǽde tó his Fæder, ðe hine sealde for úrum synnum tó deáðe. Sý him wuldor and lof ðære weldǽde,

      Homl. Th. ii. 282, 27.

  • Weldǽdum

    beneficiis,

      Scint. 16, 5.

  • Uton brúcan godcundum weldǽdum,

      133, 6: Anglia xiii. 370, 74: Homl. Th. i. 562, 7.

  • Hé wið monna bearn wyrceþ weldǽdum (

    acts beneficently

    ),
      Exon. Th. 191, 12; Az. 87.

  • Wé ðínum weldǽdum wurdan áhafene

    in beneplacito tuo exaltabitur cornu nostrum,

      Ps. Th. 88, 14.

  • Nele God ús witnian for his weldǽdum, oððe his milde mód mannum áfyrran,

      76, 7.

  • Weldǽda wítes

    merita (beneficia) martyrii,

      Hpt. Gl. 489, 50.

  • Ús God mǽre weldǽda getíðaþ

    nobis Deus magna beneficia prestet,

      Scint. 16, 8: Homl. Th. ii. 298, 12; 418, 23.
  • Wé ne magon ásecgean his weldǽda on ús, Basil admn. 4; Norm. 42, 3.

  • Hí ofergeáton weldǽda (-déda, Surt.) his

    obliti sunt benefactorum ejus,

      Ps. Spl. 77, 14.
an office, service
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  • Be reáflácum fremedum ælmyssan dón nys weldǽd miltsunge

    de rapinis alienis elemosinam facere non est officium miserationis,

      Scint. 159, 16.

  • His éðhylde weldǽde

    suo contentus officio,

      133, 3.

  • Cumlíþnysse and manscipes weldǽdum underþeódde

    hospitalitatis atque humanitatis offitiis deditos,

      Cod. Dip. B. i. 154, 38.
Etymology
[Weldede good deeds, O. E. Homl. i. 133, 1. Heo cunnen us unðonc for ure weldede (the good we do them), Laym. 3306. Heom (the gods) wurðen for heore weldæde (benefits), 8052. Leueþ to writen in wyndowes of ȝowre weldedes, Piers P. 3, 70. Goth. waila-déds beneficium: O. H. Ger. wola*-*tát beneficium, meritum: Ger. wohl-that.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wel-dǽd.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/34994.

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