daud

• dod

Imitative of a heavy thump. Attested from the end of the 16th century.

daud (plural dauds)

1. (Scotland and Northern England, archaic) A blow, a heavy thump.
2. A piece of something, especially something with an irregular shape.
   • 1884, James and Ellen Nicolson, Willie Waugh‎^[1], page 20:

     Great dauds o' blaze I've seen him split to sclaffers, / Some thick, some thin, some limp as ony waifers

• “daud, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March, 2016.

• Dadu, Duda, duad, udad

daud

1. far

From Old Norse dauðr, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz.

daud (neuter singular daudt, definite singular and plural daude)

1. Alternative form of død (adjective)

• “daud” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• dauder (dialectal, nonstandard)
• daud'e (dialectal)
• død

• død (from Bokmål)

From Old Norse dauðr (“dead”), from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Akin to English dead.

• IPA^(key): /dœʊ̯ː/
• Rhymes: -œʊ̯ː

daud (neuter daudt, definite singular and plural daude, comparative daudare, indefinite superlative daudast, definite superlative daudaste)

1. dead, deceased

   Gjer det og du er ein daud mann!

   Do that and you're a dead man!

   «Bort med all sorg», sa guten, læraren hans var daud. (Danish saying)

   “Away with all sorrow”, said the boy, his teacher was dead.

   Den daude skal gravleggjast om to dagar.

   The deceased is to be buried in two days.

   Kan menneske stå opp frå dei daude?

   Can people be raised from the dead?

2. (sports) invalid

   Det kastet var klart dødt.

   That was a clear no-throw.

• (dead) avdød, avsjela, ferdig, forulukka, livlaus, salig
• (not valid) ugyldig

• “daud” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• dawd

Of imitative origin

daud

1. To knock or thump.

daud (plural dauds)

1. A lump; a large piece.