don

Meaning

1. to do

   Iċ dyde swā iċ meahte.

   I did what I could.

   c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

2. to make, cause

   Þū dydest mīnne brōðor his god forlǣtan.

   You made my brother renounce his god.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle"

3. to put

   c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 7:33

   He put his fingers in his ears.

4. to add

   Blōtmōnaþ hæfþ seofon rēgulārēs. Dō þrītiġ þǣr tō, þonne bēoþ þæt seofon and þrītiġ.

   November has seven regulares. Add thirty to that, and it is thirty-seven.

   c. 1011, Byrhtferth, Manual:

5. to take off, remove

   late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Exodus 3:5

   Take your shoes off your feet! The place you're standing on is holy ground.

6. to treat someone (+ dative) a certain way

   XXXV. Be þām þæt man eallum munucum ġelīċe dōn sċyle.

   35. On how all monks should be treated equally.

   c. 973, Æthelwold, translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict

7. to give (+dative)

   ...Næbbe iċ seolfor ne gold, iċ þē dō þæt iċ hæbbe...

   ...I have neither silver nor gold, I give thee that I have...

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"

8. Used to refer back to an earlier verb to avoid repetition.

   Ǣte þū tōdæġ? Iċ dyde.

   Did you eat today? I did.

   c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

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