dæd

See also: dæð

Old English

Alternative forms

• dēd

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dādi, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis, from the root *dʰeh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæːd/

Noun

dǣd f

1. action, deed
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     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.

2. event, exploit

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	dǣd	dǣde, dǣda
accusative	dǣd, dǣde	dǣde, dǣda
genitive	dǣde	dǣda
dative	dǣde	dǣdum

Derived terms

• lofdǣd (“praiseworthy deed”)
• misdǣd (“misdeed”)
• undǣd (“misdeed, crime”)

Descendants

• Middle English: dede
  • English: deed
  • Scots: dede, ded