misdæd

Old English

Etymology

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

Noun

misdǣd f

  1. a misdeed, transgression, offence

Declension

Descendants

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

References

  • mis-dǽd in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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