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, translated 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 Norse dáð f, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis (“putting, placement”).

dåd f (definite singular dåda, indefinite plural dåder, definite plural dådene)

1. feat, deed

• “dåd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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).

• IPA^(key): /doːd/
• Rhymes: -oːd

dåd n

1. harmful deed, (sometimes) attack

   terroristernas bombdåd

   the terrorists' bombing (literally, "bomb deed," hinging on "dåd" usually having a more negative ring in Swedish)

   Han hade huggit ner fem människor och sedan sprungit från platsen där dådet utförts

   He had stabbed five people and then run from the scene of the attack

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

• dåd in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dåd in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dåd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)