Middle English Dictionary Entry
ẹ̄st-dēde n.
Entry Info
Forms | ẹ̄st-dēde n. |
Etymology | Cp. ẹ̄ste n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Deed of kindness.
Associated quotations
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2758 : And ietro [Jethro] geld it him in estdede..Helde him wurðelike is hus wið-in.