dysse

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dysə/, [ˈd̥ysə]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dys (“dolmen”).

Noun

dysse c (singular definite dyssen, plural indefinite dysser)

1. dolmen

Inflection

Declension of dysse

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dysse	dyssen	dysser	dysserne
genitive	dysses	dyssens	dyssers	dyssernes

Synonyms

• stendysse

Etymology 2

Related to døse (“to doze”) more at doze.

Verb

dysse (imperative dys, infinitive at dysse, present tense dysser, past tense dyssede, perfect tense er/har dysset)

1. lull, calm

Further reading

• dysse on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Middle English

Noun

dysse

1. Alternative form of dees

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʏsə]

Verb

dysse

1. to lull, to placate