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ÆLMESSE

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ÆLMESSE, ælmysse, an ; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§404;
ALMS, almsgiving; eleemosyna
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  • Ðæt ofer sí and to láfe sellaþ ælmessan

    quod superest date eleemosynam,

    • Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 30
    • .
  • Hwæt is us to sprecanne hú hí heora ælmessan dǽle

    de faciendis portionibus et adimplenda misericordia nobis quid erit loquendum,

    • 1, 27; S. 489, 25
    • .
  • Ðæt ðín ælmesse sý on díglum

    ut sit eleemosyna tua in abscondito,

    • Mt. Bos. 6, 4
    • .
  • Sóþlíce ælmessan

    sic facias eleemosynam,

    • 6, 3
    • .
  • Ðonne he ælmessan dǽleþ

    when he deals alms,

    • Exon. 62 a; Th. 229, 10
    • ;
    • Ph. 453
    • .
  • Syle ælmyssan

    give alms,

    • Cd. 203; Th. 252, 31
    • ;
    • Dan. 587
    • .
  • Ælmessan dǽlan

    or

    syllan

    or

    dón

    to give or distribute alms;

    eleemosynam dare, facere

    .
    • Mt. Bos. 6, 2, 3
    • .
Etymology
[
Scot. almous
:
O. Sax. alamósna, f
:
O. Frs. ielmisse
:
Ger. almosen, n
:
M. H. Ger. almuosen, n
:
O. H. Ger. alamuosan, n
:
Dan. almisse
:
Swed. almosa
;
O. Nrs. almusa, ölmusa, f
:
from the Grk. ἐλεημοσύνη
.]
Linked entries
v.  ælmes ælmysse.
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  • ÆLMESSE, n.