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mán-dǽde

  • adjective
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mán-dǽde, adj.
Doing evil, wicked, flagitious
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  • Hé sceal mándǽde men þreágean þearle

    he must sharply rebuke evil-doers.

    • Wulfst. 266, 24: L. I. P. 2
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 304, 18.
  • Ealles tó ídele ǽlcere góddǽde and tó mándǽde

    far too deficient in every good deed and too ready to do evil,

    • 14
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 322, 14.
Etymology
[Cf.
O. Sax. mén-dádig
:
O. H. Ger. mein-tátig flagitiosus, sacrilegus.
]
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  • mán-dǽde, adj.