Dis

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪs/

Abbreviation of disrespect.

Full definition of dis

Verb

1. (informal) Alternative spelling of diss

Noun

1. Alternative form of diss

From Old Norse dís.

Noun

1. Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.
• 1851, In Norway the Dîsir appear to have been held in great veneration. — Benjamin Thorpe, Northern Mythology (E Lumley 1851, p. 116)
• 1993, A number of places in Norway and Sweden were also named after the Disir — Hilda Ellis Davidson, The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe (Routledge 1993, p. 113)
• 1997, Bard had prepared a feast for him, because a sacrifice was being made to the disir. — ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 67)

Representing a colloquial or dialectal pronunciation of this.

Determiner

1. (slang or eye dialect) This.

Pronoun

1. (slang or eye dialect) This.

Anagrams

• ids, IDs, IDS, ISD, SDI, Sid