dis
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of disrespect.
verb
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(informal) Alternative spelling of diss
noun
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Alternative form of diss
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Old Norse dís.
noun
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(Norse mythology) Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore. In Norway the Dîsir appear to have been held in great veneration. 1851, Benjamin Thorpe, Northern Mythology, E Lumley, page 116A number of places in Norway and Sweden were also named after the Disir 1993, Hilda Ellis Davidson, The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe, Routledge, page 113Bard had prepared a feast for him, because a sacrifice was being made to the disir. 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, translated by Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 67
Etymology 3
Representing a colloquial or dialectal pronunciation with th-stopping of this.
det
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(slang or pronunciation spelling) This.
pron
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(slang or pronunciation spelling) This.
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