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DǼD

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
DǼD, gen. dat.dǽde ; acc. dǽde, dǽd; pl. nom. acc. dǽda, dǽde; f. A
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §24; §119; §162; §188; §234; §299; §390; §563;
DEED, action; actio, actus, factum
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  • Dǽd actio, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 38:

    actus,

    • 11
      • ;
    • Som. 15,
      • 12.

  • Be ðam ðe seó dǽd sý

    according as the deed may be,

    • L. Eth. v. 31
      • ;
    • Th. i. 312, 10: vi. 38
      • ;
    • Th. i. 324, 23: L. C. E. 3
      • ;
    • Th. i. 360,
      • 13.

  • Seó árfæste dǽd

    the goodly deed,

    • Bd. 3,
      • 6;
    • S. 528, 22: Cd. 28
      • ;
    • Th. 37, 24; Gen. 594: 226
      • ;
    • Th. 301, 4; Sat. 576: Bt. Met. Fox 9, 36; Met. 9, 18: Chr. 1036
      • ;
    • Erl. 165,
      • 11;
    • Ælf. Tod. 6
      • .

  • Gesǽton land unspédigran ðonne se frumstól wæs, ðe hie, æfter dǽde, ofadrifen wurdon

    they inhabited a land more barren than the first settlement was, which they, after their deed, were driven from,

    • Cd. 46
      • ;
    • Th. 59,
      • 15;
    • Gen. 964
      • .

  • For ðære dǽde

    for that deed,

    • 125
      • ;
    • Th. 159,
      • 23;
    • Gen. 2639: 126
      • ;
    • Th. 161,
      • 24;
    • Gen. 2670
      • .

  • Hió speón hine on ða dimman dǽd

    she urged him to that dark deed,

    • 32
      • ;
    • Th. 43,
      • 3;
    • Gen. 685
      • .

  • Sceolde he dǽd ongyldan

    he must expiate the deed,

    • 15
      • ;
    • Th. 19,
      • 23;
    • Gen. 295: 17
      • ;
    • Th. 20,
      • 15;
    • Gen. 309: 25
      • ;
    • Th. 32,
      • 23;
    • Gen. 507: Beo. Th. 5772
      • ;
    • B. 2890: Elen. Kmbl. 772
      • ;
    • El. 386
      • .

  • Ða alecgendlícan word getácniaþ dǽde

    the deponent verbs signify action,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 19
      • ;
    • Som. 22,
      • 56.

  • Ic wraxlige I wrestle; luctor, hér is dǽd

    here is action,

    • 19
      • ;
    • Som. 22,
      • 57.

  • Mid ðisre dǽde

    with this deed,

    • Homl. Th. i. 218, 7: Exon. 103 b
      • ;
    • Th. 393,
      • 8;
    • Rä. 12,
      • 7.

  • Ne sindon him dǽda dyrne

    deeds are not dark to him,

    23 a;
    • Th. 65,
      • 5;
    • Cri. 1050: 39 b
      • ;
    • Th. 130,
      • 12;
    • Gú. 437
      • .

  • Ðæt his góde dǽda swýðran wearþan ðonne misdǽda

    that his good deeds be more prevailing than his misdeeds,

    • Chr. 959
      • ;
    • Erl. 121,
      • 5.

  • Opene weorþaþ monna dǽde

    men's deeds shall be open,

    • Exon. 23 a
      • ;
    • Th. 64,
      • 34;
    • Cri. 1047
      • .

  • Ðú scealt þrówian ðínra dǽda gedwild

    thou shalt expiate the error of thy deeds,

    • Cd. 43
      • ;
    • Th. 57,
      • 2;
    • Gen. 922: 188
      • ;
    • Th. 233,
      • 27;
    • Dan. 282: Bd. pref
      • ;
    • S. 471, 13: Exon. 53 a
      • ;
    • Th. 185,
      • 16;
    • Az. 8
      • .

  • Ðeáh ðe he dǽda gehwæs dyrstig wǽre

    although he were daring in every deed,

    • Beo. Th. 5668
      • ;
    • B. 2838: Elen. Kmbl. 2563
      • ;
    • El. 1283
      • .

  • In his dǽdum

    in his deeds,

    • Exon. 82 a
      • ;
    • Th. 308,
      • 17;
    • Seef. 41: 76 a
      • ;
    • Th. 284,
      • 34;
    • Jul. 707: Cd. 29
      • ;
    • Th. 38,
      • 6;
    • Gen. 602: Chr. 755
      • ;
    • Erl. 49,
      • 21.

  • Wile Dryhten sylf dǽda gehýran

    the Lord himself will hear of the deeds,

    • Exon. 99 b
      • ;
    • Th. 372,
      • 14;
    • Seel. 91: Beo. Th. 393
      • ;
    • B. 195
      • .

  • Dǽda his hí ongeáton

    facta ejus intellexerunt,

    • Ps. Spl. 63,
      • 10.

  • Ðæt we ǽfæstra dǽde démen

    that we consider the deeds of the pious,

    • Exon. 40 a
      • ;
    • Th. 133,
      • 31;
    • Gú. 498: 44 a
      • ;
    • Th. 148,
      • 13;
    • Gú. 744: Ps. Th. 118, 17,
      • 43.

  • Gódum dǽdum

    by good deeds,

    • Cd. 74
      • ;
    • Th. 91,
      • 5;
    • Gen. 1507: 91
      • ;
    • Th. 116,
      • 14;
    • Gen. 1936: Exon. 53 a
      • ;
    • Tb. 185,
      • 5;
    • Az. 3: Ps. Th. 104, 7: 124, 1: 135,
      • 3.
Etymology
[
Prompt. dede factum:
Wyc. dedis, pl:
R. Brun. dedes, pl:
Chauc. R. Glouc. dede:
Laym. Orm. dede, f:
O. Sax. dád, f:
Frs. diede, dæd:
O. Frs. dede, f:
Dut. daad, f:
Kil.b dæd:
Ger. that, f:
M. H. Ger. tat, f:
O. H. Ger. tát, f:
Goth. deds, f:
Dan. daad, m. f:
Swed. dåd, f:
Icel. dáð
, f.]
Derived forms
ǽr-dǽd, bealu-, deófol-, ellen-, fácen-, firen-, gleó-, gód-, gu-, iu-, lof-, mægen-, mis-, oncýþ-, syn-, weá-, wel-, wom-, won-, yfel-
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v.  dyd.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “DǼD.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/7309.

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