Old English · noun
dæd
Normalised dǣd
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /dæːd/
- Syllables
- dæːd (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- deedactionexploitevent
Meaning
-
action, deed
Þæt iċ bē ðām hālgan fæder Cūðbyrhte wrāt oððe on þysse bēċ oððe on ōðre, þā dǣda his līfes, sume iċ ǣrest nōm of þām ġewrītum ðe iċ āwriten ġemette mid þām broðrum þǣre ċyriċean æt Lindesfearona ēa sumu ðā þe iċ sylf onġitan mihte þurh swīðe ġetrēowa manna ġesæġene iċ tōycte.
That which I wrote about the holy father Cuthbert, either in this book or another, about his life's deeds, some I took first from what I found among the brethren of the church at Lindisfarne, and I have added on the particulars which I could glean through conversations with very trustworthy people.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History -
event, exploit
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *dādi, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis, from the root *dʰeh₁-.
Descendants
deed
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