dáð

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

• IPA^(key): /tauːð/
• Rhymes: -auːð

dáð f (genitive singular dáðar, nominative plural dáðir)

1. deed, achievement

   Synonyms: afrek n, afreksverk n

• dáðlaus (“inactive”)
• dáðleysi n (“inactivity”)
• dáðlítill (“inactive”)

• “dáð” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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

dáð f

1. deed
2. valour
3. energy

• Icelandic: dáð
• Faroese: dáð
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dåd f or m

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

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “dáð”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 59; also available at the Internet Archive