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dygd

“dygd” is a Swedish word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. virtue

Etymology

From Old Swedish dyghþ (“virtue”), from Old Norse dygð, cognate with Norwegian dygd, Danish dyd, 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 Swedish duga.

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