Dis vs Dit - What's the difference?
dis | dit |
(informal)
Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.
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* 1997 , ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 67)
To stop up; block (an opening); close. Cf. Scots dit.
(archaic, rare) A ditty, a little melody.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vi:
(obsolete) A word; a decree.
Dit is a abbreviation of dis.
As verbs the difference between dis and dit
is that dis is an alternative spelling of lang=en while dit is to stop up; block (an opening); close. Cf. Scots {{term|dit|lang=sco}}.As nouns the difference between dis and dit
is that dis is alternative form of lang=en while dit is a ditty, a little melody.As a determiner dis
is this.As a pronoun dis
is this.As a proper noun Dis
is alternative name for Hades.dis
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of disrespect.Verb
(en-verb)Noun
(disses)Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(disir)Etymology 3
Representing a colloquial or dialectal pronunciation of this.Anagrams
* ----dit
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ditten, .Verb
Etymology 2
Variant of dite.Noun
(en noun)- No bird, but did her shrill notes sweetly sing; / No song but did containe a louely dit : / Trees, braunches, birds, and songs were framed fit [...].