misdæd

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *missadēdiz, equivalent to mis- +‎ dǣd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmis.dæːd/, [ˈmiz.dæːd]

Noun

misdǣd f

1. a misdeed, transgression, offence

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	misdǣd	misdǣde, misdǣda
accusative	misdǣd, misdǣde	misdǣde, misdǣda
genitive	misdǣde	misdǣda
dative	misdǣde	misdǣdum

Descendants

• Middle English: misdede
  • Scots: misdede, misdeid
  • English: misdeed

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mis-dǽd”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.