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dríta

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See also: drita and Drita

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *drītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreyd- (to have diarrhea).

Verb

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dríta (singular past indicative dreit, plural past indicative dritu, past participle dritit)

  1. to shit

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: dríta
  • Faroese: dríta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: drita
  • Norwegian Bokmål: drite
  • Elfdalian: dritå, draita
  • Swedish: drita[1] (dialectal (1862), not necessarily still used)
  • Danish: dritte[2] (dialectal, obsolete in common language)

References

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  1. ^ drita in Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt dialektlexikon (1862–1867)
  2. ^ dritte” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog