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forþ-dǽd

  • noun [ feminine ]
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forþ-dǽd, e; f.
Profit, advantage
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  • Mid his handcræfte hé (

    S. Paul

    ) teolode his and his geférena forþdǽda,
      Hml. Th. i. 392, 17.
  • Cf. Þá munecas náht syllan ne móston búta þám ánum þe heora bigleofan forð dydon (

    were of service to their sustenance

    ),
      Hml. S. 31, 325.
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v. forþian; III.
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  • forþ-dǽd, n.