dáð

See also: dad, dåd, dath, Dad, DAD, ḍaḍ, and -dad

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dáð, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tauːð/
• Rhymes: -auːð

Noun

dáð f (genitive singular dáðar, nominative plural dáðir)

1. deed, achievement

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis.

Noun

dáð f

1. deed
2. valour
3. energy

Declension

  Declension of dáð (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dáð	dáðin	dáðir	dáðirnar
accusative	dáð	dáðina	dáðir	dáðirnar
dative	dáð	dáðinni	dáðum	dáðunum
genitive	dáðar	dáðarinnar	dáða	dáðanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: dáð
• Faroese: dáð
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dåd m
• Norwegian Bokmål: dåd m
• Jamtish: dáð
• Elfdalian: dåð
• Old Swedish: dāþ
  • Swedish: dåd n
• Old Danish: dāth
  • Danish: dåd
  • Scanian: dáð
• Gutnish: dad

References

• dáð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.