misdæd

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmis.dæːd/, [ˈmiz.dæːd]

Noun

misdǣd f

a misdeed, transgression, offence

Declension

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

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

References

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

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