† To-do

v. Obs. [OE. to-dón, f. TO-² + dón to DO, to put. Cf. MHG. zertuon.] trans. a. To put asunder, divide, separate. b. To undo, open.

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a. 839. Penit. Laws Ecgbert, II. c. 11. ʓif hwylc wif tweʓen ʓebroðru nimð hire to ʓemæccan, oþerne æfter oþrum, to-do man hiʓ.

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a. 900. Ags. Ps. (Th.), xxi. 11. Hi todydon heora muð onʓean me.

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a. 1000. Ags. Hexameron St. Basil, iv. (1849), 8. Ðæt wæter and seo eorðe wæron ʓemengede oð ðone ðriddan ðæʓ; ða todyde hi God.

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c. 1205. Lay., 2945. Ic wlle mine riche to-don … & twemen mine bearnen. Ibid., 6507. And þat deor to-dede [c. 1275 vndude] his chæfles … And for-bat hine amidden a twa.

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