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dîsî, dîsi f. Göttin. an. dîs f. Göttin, poet. auch Frau edler Geburt. Hiezu (?) as. idis pl. idisi Weib, Frau, ags. ides f. weibliches Wesen, edle Frau; ahd. itis, idis Frau (von der Maria gebraucht), pl. idisi göttliche Frauen, die in den Kampf eingreifen. Das westgerm. Wort wahrscheinlich zusammengesetzt. Vielleicht zur ig. Wz. dhi säugen, s. di. Vgl. asl. dva Jungfrau.

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