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OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxxvi. 489 Heora mod wæs hluttor & mid clænnysse afylled, & hi mid clænum handum gode ælmihtigum æt his weofode þenodon.

OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) lxxxi. 417 Beatus est qui..crucem christi..sequitur puris manibus et candido pectore : eadig ys se þe..rode cristes folgaþ mid clænum handum & mid hwitum breoste.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xvii. 9 The riȝtwis shal holden his weie, and with clene hondis [L. mundis manibus] adde strengthe.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 235 (MED) Makyth clene ȝoure handys, þat is, ȝoure werkys.

1539 Bible (Great) Psalms xxiv. 4 He that hath cleane handes and a pure hert.

1647 G. Wither Amygdala Britannica 6/1 When, you shall heare your Pipers play till none will either dance, or pay; Or, till among you doth begin A second bloodie matachin; Then, will clean hands, and honest hearts, Besteed you more, then Irish darts.

1667 S. Pepys Diary 19 May (1974) VIII. 222 My Lord Treasurer..is said to die with the cleanest hands that ever any Lord Treasurer did.

1734 Gentleman's Mag. May 255/2 The Business of these several Offices, has not been executed with more Address or cleaner Hands, than when manag'd by single Persons.

1778 E. Apthorp Lett. Prevalence Christianity 360 To reap the benefit of the mysteries, he ought to have clean hands, and a pure mind.

1896 Morley in Liberal Mag. Dec. 495 You would go..into the councils of Europe with clean hands.

1965 J. Stone Human Law & Human Justice iii. 101 There may be instanced the bonae fidei action of the Roman law, the principles of ‘good faith’ and ‘clean hands’.

2001 Time 22 Oct. 54/1 It's fair to say that no group in the region—including Pakistan's government—has clean hands. We're not in Kansas.