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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

    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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