English edit

Verb edit

dyd

  1. Obsolete spelling of did

Danish edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈd̥yðˀ], [ˈd̥yˀð]

Noun edit

dyd c (singular definite dyden, plural indefinite dyder)

  1. virtue
  2. chastity
  3. virginity

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Middle Welsh edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dyð m

  1. day

Descendants edit

  • Welsh: dydd

Mutation edit

Middle Welsh mutation
Radical Soft Nasal Aspirate
dyð ðyð nyð unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

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

  1. virtue

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Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

dyd

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

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dyd ddyd nyd unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.