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† good-deed Obs.
[OE. góddǽd (f. gód good + dǽd deed); cf. MDu. goetdaet, MHG. guottat.]
1. A good action; the act of doing good.
(For examples of good deed as two words, see good A 5 b.)
a1000Cynewulf Crist (Gollancz) 1286 Þæt hy on þa clænan seoð Hu hi fore god-dædum glade blissiað. c1175Lamb. Hom. 9 A hu scolde oðermonnes goddede comen him to gode. a1240Ureison in Cott. Hom. 187 A swete ihesu..hwine cusse ich þe sweteliche ine gaste wið swote munegunge of þine god-deden. a1350Life Jesus (ed. Horstmann) 201 Ore louerd loueth bet a sunful man for þinchinde is misdedes, þane a man of lesse sunne þat ȝelpez of his guod hedes [? read guoddedes].
2. A deed of kindness; a benefit, favour.
c1000Ags. Ps. (Th.) lxxvii[i]. 13 Ealra god-dæda hi for⁓ᵹiten hæfdon. c1205Lay. 21072 Nu he me ȝilt mede: for mire god dede. c1230Hali Meid. 19 To þonki godd of his grace & of his goddede. c1275Sinners Beware 291 in O.E. Misc. 81 Þe gode seyþ þenne, Louerd, hwer and hwenne Dude we þe goddede. |