dyd

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̥yðˀ], [ˈd̥yˀð]

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

• dydig ("virtuous")

Related terms

• du (verb) ("to be fit (for)", "to be good (for)", "work", "function")
• dygtig (adjective) ("able", "capable", "clever", "skillful")

See also

• dyd on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Middle Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɨːð/

Noun

dyð m

1. day

Descendants

• Welsh: dydd

Mutation

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

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

• “dyd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ydd

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /dɨːd/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /diːd/

Verb

dyd

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

Mutation

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.