See also: dritë

English edit

Alternative forms edit

  • dryte (15 th–17 th centuries), drytt (15 th–16 th centuries)

Etymology edit

From Middle English driten, from Old English drītan, from Proto-West Germanic *drītan, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną. Cognate with Dutch drijten, Old Norse dríta, Norwegian drite, and Low German drieten; compare English dirt, Scots drite, and Middle English drit.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

drite (third-person singular simple present drites, present participle driting, simple past drote or drate or drit, past participle dritten)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete except in dialects) To defecate.

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • drite, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse dríta, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną.

Verb edit

drite (imperative drit, present tense driter, passive drites, simple past dret or dreit, past participle dritet or dritt)

  1. to defecate

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the verb drita from Old Norse dríta.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /²drɪːtə/, /²drɪtə/

Noun edit

drite f (definite singular drita, indefinite plural driter, definite plural dritene)

  1. diarrhoea (UK) or diarrhea (US)
    Synonyms: skite, diaré
  2. faeces
    Synonyms: drit, skit, skarn, frau, hevd, møk
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

drite (present tense drit, past tense dreit, supine drite, past participle driten, present participle dritande, imperative drit)

  1. Alternative form of drita (defecate)

Slovene edit

Verb edit

drite

  1. second-person plural imperative of dreti

Venetian edit

Adjective edit

drite f

  1. feminine plural of drito