dåd

From Old Danish dāth, from Old Norse dáð, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis, from *dʰeh₁- (“to place, set, put”). Cognate with Old English dǣd (whence English deed).

dåd c (singular definite dåden, plural indefinite dåder)

1. feat, deed; an impressive, heroic or otherwise laudable act
   • 1907, Gudmund Schütte, Oldsagn om Godtjod: bidrag til etnisk Kildeforsknings metode med særligt henblik på folk-stamsagn

     Saxes Skildring af Starkads Ungdom sætter Kampen i Irland blandt hans første Dåder, ...

     Saxe's depiction of Starkad's youth puts the battle in Ireland among his first feats, ...

   • 2014, Walter Benjamin (tr. by Sofie Kluge), Det tyske sørgespils oprindelse, Museum Tusculanum Press (→ISBN), page 156:

     ... officererne holder fortræffelige taler og fortæller om deres store dåder, ...

     ... the officers hold exquisite speeches and speak of their great deeds, ...

   • 1970, Bent Jørgensen, Dansk gadenavneskik

     ... det fornuftige synspunkt, at man i tide kan hædre en mand efter hans død, hvis hans dåder berettiger dertil.

     ... the reasonable point of view that one can, in time, honoour a man after his death, if his deeds entitle him to that.

From Old Swedish dāþ, from Old Norse dáð, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis, from *dʰeh₁- (“to place, set, put”). Cognate with Old English dǣd (whence English deed).

dåd n

1. feat, deed; an impressive, heroic or otherwise laudable act