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f. [Ulf. dêds, in missdeds. = παράβασις, Germ. missethat, Engl. misdeed; A. S. dæd; Engl. deed; O. H. G. tat; mod. Germ. that; Dan. daad]:—deed; allit. phrase, drýgja dáð, to do a daring deed, Sturl. iii. 7, 10; dáð ok drengskapr, Band, 10: cp. the compds ó-dæði, a misdeed; for-dæða, an evil-doer; the adverbial phrase, af sjálfs-dáðum, of one’s own accord.
β. valour; ef nokkur dáð er í þér, Fms. xi. 86, 623. 49: the word is not much in use, or merely poët. in compds as dáð-framr, dáð-fimr, dáð-gjarn, dáð-göfugr, dáð-kunnr, dáð-mildr, dáð-rakkr, dáð-sterkr, dáð-sæll, dáð-vandr, etc., all of them ‘epitheta ornantia,’ bold, valiant, Lex. Poët., but none ot them can be used in prose without affectation.