Human sciences, Mysticism, Mythology, Philosophy, SciencesNorse Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.
In Norway the Dîsir appear to have been held in great veneration.1851, Benjamin Thorpe, Northern Mythology, E Lumley, page 116:
A number of places in Norway and Sweden were also named after the Disir1993, Hilda Ellis Davidson, The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe, Routledge, page 113:
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Bard had prepared a feast for him, because a sacrifice was being made to the disir.1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, translated by Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 67:
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Chiefly African-American Vernacular; foreign accents or humorous; chiefly African-American Vernacular; foreign accents or humorous
At another dinner, the president, on the removal of the cloth, rose and said... We will conduct weself in sich a manner, dat massa will neber be sorry for what him do dis night.1834 September 27, Anonymous, "West Indies: Spanish Town, Aug. 2, 1834", Niles' Weekly Register, Vol. XLVII (Vol. XI, 4th Ser.), p. 58
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