dyd

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English

Verb

dyd

  1. Obsolete spelling of did.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse dygð (“virtue”), cognate with Norwegian, Swedish dygd, from Proto-Germanic *dugiþō, a variant of *dugunþō in English douth, German Tugend, Dutch deugd. These words are derived from the verb *duganą (“to be useful”), hence Danish du.

Pronunciation

Noun

dyd c (singular definite dyden, plural indefinite dyder)

  1. virtue
  2. chastity
  3. virginity

Declension

Declension of dyd
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dyd dyden dyder dyderne
genitive dyds dydens dyders dydernes

Derived terms

See also

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh did, from Proto-Celtic *dīyos (“day”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dyð m

  1. day

Descendants

  • Welsh: dydd

Mutation

Mutated forms of dyð
radical soft nasal aspirate
dyð ðyð nyð unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dygð through Danish dyd. Doublet of dygd.

Noun

dyd m (definite singular dyden, indefinite plural dydar, definite plural dydane)

  1. virtue

References

Anagrams

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

dȳd

  1. singular imperative of dȳdan

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

dyd m inan (diminutive dydek)

  1. (Kuyavia) Synonym of cyc

Further reading

  • Władysław Matlakowski (1892) “dyd”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 4

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

dyd

  1. (literary) third-person singular present/future of dodi

Mutation

Mutated forms of dyd
radical soft nasal aspirate
dyd ddyd nyd unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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