disir

D2I1S1I1R1

A form of dis — Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.

Scrabble 6

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of dis

    In that story, no tribute was paid to the disir at the ‘winter-nights’, but they took their revenge, killing the favourite son of the house.

    1963, Arthur Brown, ed, Early English and Norse Studies: Presented to Hugh Smith in Honour of His Sixtieth Birthday

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