Did

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɪd

Origin

From Middle English didde, dude, from Old English dyde, *diede, from Proto-Germanic *dedǭ, first and third person singular past indicative of Proto-Germanic *dōną ("to do"). Cognate with Scots did ("did"), West Frisian die ("did"), Dutch deed ("did"), German tat ("did").

Verb

1. did

   (simple past of do)
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:she with liquors strong his eyes did steepe,
  That nothing should him hastily awake ....
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.v:The wearie Traueiler, wandring that way,
  Therein did often quench his thristy heat,
  And then by it his wearie limbes display,
  Whiles creeping slomber made him to forget
  His former paine ....
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.v:He made him stoup perforce vnto his knee,
  And do vnwilling worship to the Saint,
  That on his shield depainted he did see ....

Anagrams

• DDI
• idd