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dyd

Pronunciation: [ˈd̥yðˀ]

“dyd” is a Danish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. virtue
  2. chastity
  3. virginity

Etymology

From Old Norse dygð (“virtue”), cognate with Norwegian, Swedish dygd, from Proto-Germanic *dugiþō, a variant of *dugunþō in English douth, German Tugend, Dutch deugd. These words are derived from the verb *duganą (“to be useful”), hence Danish du.

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