dis

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of disrespect.

verb

  1. (informal) Alternative spelling of diss

noun

  1. Alternative form of diss

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Norse dís.

noun

  1. (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 116
    A 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 113
    Bard 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

  1. (slang or pronunciation spelling) This.

pron

  1. (slang or pronunciation spelling) This.

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