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Contraction edit

dattie

  1. (Netherlands, colloquial) Contraction of dat ie.

Middle Dutch edit

Contraction edit

dattie

  1. Contraction of dat die.
    • 1320, Arturs doet, 154-155:
      Hi waende wel, in waerre dinc,
      Dattie coninc doet hadde gewesen
      He truly did think
      That the king was dead