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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse dirre (“to shake”), from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to spring, leap”), see also Ancient Greek θρῴσκω (thrṓiskō).[1] A probable Germanic cognate is Dutch dartel (“playful, frisky”).
Verb
dirre
- quiver, tremble
Synonyms
References
- ^ “darra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (in Swedish), 1937
Middle High German
Pronoun
dirre
- Alternative form of diser
Pronoun
dirre
- inflection of diser:
- feminine genitive/dative singular
- genitive plural
Swedish
Noun
dirre c
- (slang) diarrhea
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