Noun: dint
| Sg. | dint |
| Pl. | dintes; dinten |
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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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.) [a. 1375, Gawain Poet, Sir Gawayn and þe Grene Knyȝt, page 118r, lines 2110–2117:]
Nouns inflected like dint
brest,
cloud,
wight,
wet,
dint,
bord,
bouk,
barn,
helm,
wort,
Etymology
From Old English dynt, from Proto-West Germanic *dunti, from Proto-Germanic *duntiz. See: Old English Nouns '
dynt'.
Verbs referencing "dint"
English Nouns
dint.
Translations