dint

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪnt

Etymology 1

From Middle English dint, dent, dünt, from Old English dynt (“dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe; the mark left by a blow; the sound or noise made by a blow, thud”),^[1] from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to strike, hit”). Cognate with Swedish dialectal dunt, Icelandic dyntr (“a dint”). Doublet of dent.

Etymology 2

From Middle English dinten, from the noun.^[2][3] Compare Old Norse dynta.^[2]

Etymology 3

References

Anagrams

• NDTI, idn't, tind

Etymology

From Latin dēns, dentem. Compare Italian dente, Romansch dent, Venetan dénte, Romanian dinte, French dent, Spanish diente.

Noun

dint m (plural dincj or dinčh)

1. tooth

Alternative forms

• dent, dente, dinnt, dont, dount, dunt, dynt, dynte

Etymology

From Old English dynt, from Proto-West Germanic *dunti, from Proto-Germanic *duntiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dint/, /dɛnt/, /dunt/

Noun

dint (plural dintes or (early) dinten)

1. The landing of a weapon; a blow or stroke.
   • a. 1375, Gawain Poet, Sir Gawayn and þe Grene Knyȝt, page 118r, lines 2110–2117:

     Forþy I ſay þe, as ſoþe as ȝe in ſadel ſitte, / Com ȝe þere, ȝe be kylled, may þe knyȝt rede, / Trawe ȝe me þat trwely, þaȝ ȝe had twenty lyues / to ſpende. / He hatz wonyd here ful ȝore / On bent much baret bende / Aȝayn his dyntez ſore / Ȝe may not yow defende

     So I say to you, as sure as you sit in your saddle: / If you come there, you'll be killed if he wills, / trust me about that truly, like you had twenty lives / to spend. / He has lived here a long time; / when he pulls his bow, much conflict begins. / Against his powerful blows, / you won't be able to defend yourself.

2. (by extension) Warfare, battle; the use of weaponry.
3. The strike, landing or force of a tool or other item hitting something.
4. The striking or noise of thunder; a thunderclap.
5. (rare) A strike with one's limbs or body.
6. (rare) An injury resulting from a weapon's impact.

Further reading

• “dint, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-05.

Etymology

Univerbation of di +‎ in

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʲin͈t]

Article

dint

1. of/from the sg
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 14^d10

     Is samlid léicfimmi-ni doïbsom aisndís dint ṡéns ⁊ din mórálus, manip écóir frisin stoir ad·fíadam-ni.

     It is thus we shall leave to them the exposition of the sense and the morality, if it is not at variance with the history that we relate.

Pronunciation

• (Southeastern Romagnol):

• (Borderline Romagnol):

• (San Marino): IPA^(key): [ˈdiːn̥t]

Noun

dint m pl (San Marino)

1. plural of dèint (“tooth”)

Etymology

From Old French dent, from Latin dēns, dentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̃/

Noun

dint f

1. (anatomy) tooth