Ellen-dǽd

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ellen-dǽd

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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ellen-dǽd
f. [ellen valour, dǽd a deed] A deed of valour, bold or valiant deed; virtūtis factum :-- Sceolde hine yldo beniman ellendǽda age should deprive him of bold deeds, Cd. 24; Th. 31, 13; Gen. 484: Judth. 12; Thw. 35, 22; Jud. 273. He secgan hýrde ellendǽdum he heard tell of valiant deeds, Beo. Th. 1756; B. 876: 1804; B. 900. ellen-dæd
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