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do 1 pt.
did, pp.
done trans. †
A. put, place (cf.
DOFF,
DON 1);
B. perform, execute;
C. cause;
D. as auxiliary of tense. OE. intr. A. act (in a specified way) OE.; B. fare, get on XIII; C. (in perf. tenses) make an end XIV; D. be (well or ill) XV;
E. serve the purpose, suffice XVI. OE.
dōn, pt.
dyde, pp.
ġedōn, of which the pt.
dyde is isolated amongst the Gmc. langs., the others having forms corr. to OE. pl.
dǣdon, Angl.
dēdon (a type which survived only into ME.), e.g. OS.
dōan,
deda,
dēdun,
gidōn (Du.
doen,
deed,
deden,
gedaan), OHG.
tuon,
teta,
tātum,
gitān (G.
tun,
tat,
getan).
This common WGmc. vb., the history of which remains in some points obscure, is based on a widespread IE. *
dhō, *
dhē- *dhə-, repr. by Skr.
dádhāti put, lay, Gr.
títhēmi place. L.
facere make, do,
-dō,
-dere in
addere ADD, etc. (overlapping with the root (IE. *
dō-) of
dare give), Lith.
déti, OSl.
dĕti put, lay. Cf.
DEED,
DOOM.
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