different between dyb vs dyd

English

Alternative forms

• dib

Etymology

Short for do your best. dyb (or dib) and dob were used as abbreviated forms of do your best and do our best in certain Scout chants.

Verb

dyb (third-person singular simple present dybs, present participle dybbing, simple past and past participle dybbed)

1. (intransitive, sometimes humorous) In the scouting movement, to chant dyb, meaning "do your best" (to follow the scouting laws).
   • 2009, Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs (page 54)

     I used to get through the dibbing and dobbing all right but during the howling I usually rolled over backwards.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse djúpr, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz, cognate with English deep and German tief.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?y?b?]

Adjective

dyb (neuter dybt, plural and definite singular attributive dybe)

1. deep
2. profound

Inflection

Noun

dyb n (singular definite dybet, plural indefinite dyb)

1. deep, depth
2. abyss

Inflection

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?p/

Verb

dyb

1. second-person singular imperative of dyba?

English

Verb

dyd

1. Obsolete spelling of did

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?yð?], [?d?y?ð]

Noun

dyd c (singular definite dyden, plural indefinite dyder)

1. virtue
2. chastity
3. virginity

Inflection

Derived terms

• dydig ("virtuous")

Related terms

• du (verb) ("to be fit (for)", "to be good (for)", "work", "function")
• dygtig (adjective) ("able", "capable", "clever", "skillful")

See also

• dyd on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh did, from Proto-Celtic *d?yos (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??ð/

Noun

dyð m

1. day

Descendants

• Welsh: dydd

Mutation

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dygð through Danish dyd. Doublet of dygd.

Noun

dyd m (definite singular dyden, indefinite plural dydar, definite plural dydane)

1. virtue

References

• “dyd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ydd

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /d??d/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /di?d/

Verb

dyd

1. (literary) third-person singular present/future of dodi

Mutation