misdæd

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *missadēdiz, equivalent to mis- +‎ dǣd.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈmis.dæːd/, [ˈmiz.dæːd]

Noun[edit]

misdǣd f

a misdeed, transgression, offence

Declension[edit]

Declension of misdæd (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	misdǣd	misdǣde, misdǣda
accusative	misdǣd, misdǣde	misdǣde, misdǣda
genitive	misdǣde	misdǣda
dative	misdǣde	misdǣdum

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: misdede
- Scots: misdede, misdeid
- English: misdeed

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mis-dǽd”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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