dæd

• dēd

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

• IPA^(key): /dæːd/

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

Strong i-stem:

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

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