† diten.¹

Forms: Also Middle English dete, dit, Middle English–1500s dyt(e, Scottish dyit.

Etymology: < Old French dit (12th cent. in Littré) saying, speech < Latin dictum that which is said, saying, word, < dīcĕre to say; compare dict n.¹ (The final e was apparently a phonetic expedient to indicate the length of the ī ; but in some 15th cent. instances, it is difficult to say whether dite stands for this, or for ditty . See also dit n.¹

Obsolete. (After 1500 only Scottish)

1. Something indited or composed and put in writing; a composition, writing; a written message, letter, ‘passage’, etc. to put in dite: to put in writing, put on record.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written text > [noun]

rounOE

pagine?c1225

writ-rounc1275

dite1340

writing1340

paperc1390

scripturea1400

writinga1400

charactc1400

textc1400

papera1500

black and white1569

page?1606

character1609

litera scripta1660

matter1683

legend1822

screed1834

reading1836

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun]

i-writeOE

bookOE

writOE

workOE

pagine?c1225

lettrurec1330

dite1340

inditing1340

writing1340

scripta1350

dittya1387

stylea1400

scriptiona1425

framec1475

invention1484

piece1533

ditement1556

paperwork1577

composition1603

confection1605

composure?1606

page?1606

the written word1619

performance1665

literature1852

1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 819 Sone sente he again his sel & his lettrus..To dindimus þe dere king þat þe dite radde.

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xix. 1 Here Wyntown poyntis in þis Dyte Quhat he gert of þis Tretis wryt.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 540 Maister Ihone Blayr..That fyrst compild in dyt the Latyne buk Off Wallace lyff.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 474 In haist ane epistill he gart write..contenand this same dyte.

1578 Psalm cvi, in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 107 Thy magnitude I will it put in dyte.

2. A composition in poetic form, or intended to be set to music; a song, a ditty.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > poem to be sung

songeOE

wordseOE

leothOE

laya1240

dittya1300

ditea1325

ode1579

dit1590

canton1594

canto1603

a1325 Prose Psalter xxxix [xl]. 4 And he laide gode worde in my mouþe, dite to our Lord [L. carmen Deo nostro].

c1386 G. Chaucer Balade of Compleynt 16 Beseching you..Taccepte in worth this litel povre dyte.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 1429 All worthi men at redys this rurall dyt, Blaym nocht the buk.

1567 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. iii. 156 Sho the cause is of my wofull dyte.

3. Manner or mode of composition; form of speech; diction, language. Scottish.

ΚΠ

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. iv. Prol. 3 A Tretys made to be publik, Fourme of dyte and fayre spekyng.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 4 The kingis grace I knaw is nocht perfite In Latyn toung, and namelie in sic dyte It wilbe tedious..To reid the thing he can nocht vnderstand.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 54 The quhilk dreyme i sal reherse in this gros dyit.

4. Clamour, vociferation. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour

reamOE

ropeOE

brack?c1200

utas1202

hootinga1225

berec1225

noise?c1225

ludea1275

cryc1275

gredingc1275

boastc1300

utasa1325

huec1330

outcrya1382

exclamation1382

ascry1393

spraya1400

clamourc1405

shoutingc1405

scry1419

rumourc1425

motion?a1439

bemec1440

harrowc1440

shout1487

songa1500

brunt1523

ditec1540

uproar1544

clamouring1548

outrage1548

hubbub1555

racket1565

succlamation1566

rear1567

outcrying1569

bellowing1579

brawl1581

hue and cry1584

exclaiming1585

exclaim1587

sanctus1594

hubbaboo1596

oyez1597

conclamation1627

sputter1673

rout1684

dirduma1693

hallalloo1737

yelloching1773

pillaloo1785

whillaloo1790

vocitation1819

blue murder1828

blaring1837

shilloo1842

shillooing1845

pillalooing1847

shriek1929

yammering1937

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5788 Cloudis with the clamour claterit aboue, Of the dit & þe dyn, þat to dethe went.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11946 The dyn & the dite was dole for to here.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1347, 8680.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

diten.²

Forms: also dit.

Etymology: Probably variant of doit n. (compare sense 2 at that entry).

not to care a dit(e): not to care at all.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > indifference > [verb (intransitive)]

to put in no chaloir1477

not to care1490

to let the world wag (as it will)c1525

not to care a chip1556

to hang loose (to)1591

(to bid, care, give) a fig, or fig's end for1632

not to careor matter a farthing1647

not to care a doit1660

(not) to care twopencea1744

not to give a curse (also damn)1763

not to care a dump1821

not to care beans1833

not to care a darn1840

not to give a darn1840

not to care a straw (two, three straws)1861

not to care (also give) a whoop1867

(to care) not a fouter1871

not to care (or give) a toss1876

not to give (also care) a fuck1879

je m'en fiche1889

not to care a dit(e)1907

je m'en fous1918

not to give a shit1918

to pay no nevermind1946

not to give a sod1949

not to give (also care) a monkey's (fuck)1960

not to give a stuff1974

1907 Westm. Gaz. 7 Sept. 13/1 ‘Don't care a dite,’ Sylvia said despondently.

1920 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 488/2 ‘I suppose your major won't mind that?’ ‘Not a tuppenny dit.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

† ditev.

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s dyt(e.

Etymology: < Old French diter, earlier ditier (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), to write, compose < Latin dictāre , frequentative of dīcĕre to say, tell (see dictate v.), modern French dicter. Perhaps in some cases aphetic form of endite, indite v. After 1500 mainly Scots In early examples often difficult to distinguish < dight v. 1, 2, 6.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To compose or put in words (a set speech, poem, or writing); to indite. (Also absol.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)]

setc888

adighteOE

awriteeOE

writeeOE

dightc1000

workOE

makelOE

brevea1225

ditea1300

aditec1330

indite1340

betravail1387

compone1393

saya1475

compile1477

compose1483

comprise1485

recite1523

pen1530

contex1542

invent1576

author1597

context1628

to make up1630

spawn1631

a1300 Sat. People Kildare xiv, in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 155 Worþ hit wer þat he wer king Þat ditid þis trie þing.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 123/2 Dytyn or indytyn letters and speche, dicto.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Cock & Fox l. 407 in Poems (1981) 20 Sa different thay ar in properteis..My cunning it excedis for to dyte.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xliv. 1 My hert is dytinge of a good matter.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) x. 64 Quhou beit that the said poietical beuk be dytit oratourly.

1603 King James VI & I in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 80 I suspecte ye have rather written then dyted it.

2. = dictate v.

a. To utter or pronounce to a person (what he is to write).The first quot. is doubtful; it may belong to dight v. 2.

ΚΠ

a1400–50 Alexander 3462 Aȝt daies all bedene he dites in his pistill For reuerence of Rosan to revell & halowe.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. v. xvi. f. 64/2 Origenes ane syngular man..with sa properant ingyne, that he wald dyte fastar, than seuyn practycianis mycht suffyce to wryte.

1563 J. Davidson Answer to Tractiue Kennedy in D. Laing Misc. Wodrow Soc. (1844) I. 201 That quhilk the Haly Spirit dytit to them.

1643 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) II. 71 The Principal..dytes..his notes on the hard places of Scripture.

b. To prescribe, lay down, impose, order.

ΚΠ

a1599 R. Rollock Sel. Wks. (1844) II. ix. 103 Pilate insisted earnestly to get Jesus, whom his conscience dited to be innocent, set free.

3. To summon, indict.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > charge, accuse, or indict [verb (transitive)]

wrayc725

forwrayOE

beclepec1030

challenge?c1225

indict1303

appeachc1315

aditea1325

appeal1366

impeachc1380

reprovea1382

arraigna1400

calla1400

raign?a1425

to put upa1438

present?a1439

ditec1440

detectc1449

articlec1450

billc1450

peach1465

attach1480

denounce1485

aret1487

accusea1500

filea1500

delate1515

crimea1550

panel1560

articulate1563

prosecute1579

impleada1600

to have up1605

reprosecute1622

tainta1625

criminatea1646

affect1726

to pull up1799

rap1904

run1909

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 123/2 Dytyn or indytyn for trespace, indicto.

?a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Sheep & Dog l. 1268 in Poems (1981) 52 Ane schiref stout Quhilk..hes with him ane cursit assyis about, And dytis all the pure men vp on land.

a1525 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Asloan) (1920) 18 Thai Dyte ȝour lordis and heryis wp ȝour men.

1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) I. 157 The grocer..would dite them for a nuisance.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

n.¹a1325

n.²1907

v.a1300

单词	dite
释义	† diten.¹ Forms: Also Middle English dete, dit, Middle English–1500s dyt(e, Scottish dyit. Etymology: < Old French dit (12th cent. in Littré) saying, speech < Latin dictum that which is said, saying, word, < dīcĕre to say; compare dict n.¹ (The final e was apparently a phonetic expedient to indicate the length of the ī ; but in some 15th cent. instances, it is difficult to say whether dite stands for this, or for ditty . See also dit n.¹ Obsolete. (After 1500 only Scottish) 1. Something indited or composed and put in writing; a composition, writing; a written message, letter, ‘passage’, etc. to put in dite: to put in writing, put on record. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] rounOE pagine?c1225 writ-rounc1275 dite1340 writing1340 paperc1390 scripturea1400 writinga1400 charactc1400 textc1400 papera1500 black and white1569 page?1606 character1609 litera scripta1660 matter1683 legend1822 screed1834 reading1836 society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] i-writeOE bookOE writOE workOE pagine?c1225 lettrurec1330 dite1340 inditing1340 writing1340 scripta1350 dittya1387 stylea1400 scriptiona1425 framec1475 invention1484 piece1533 ditement1556 paperwork1577 composition1603 confection1605 composure?1606 page?1606 the written word1619 performance1665 literature1852 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 819 Sone sente he again his sel & his lettrus..To dindimus þe dere king þat þe dite radde. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xix. 1 Here Wyntown poyntis in þis Dyte Quhat he gert of þis Tretis wryt. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 540 Maister Ihone Blayr..That fyrst compild in dyt the Latyne buk Off Wallace lyff. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 474 In haist ane epistill he gart write..contenand this same dyte. 1578 Psalm cvi, in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 107 Thy magnitude I will it put in dyte. 2. A composition in poetic form, or intended to be set to music; a song, a ditty. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > poem to be sung songeOE wordseOE leothOE laya1240 dittya1300 ditea1325 ode1579 dit1590 canton1594 canto1603 a1325 Prose Psalter xxxix [xl]. 4 And he laide gode worde in my mouþe, dite to our Lord [L. carmen Deo nostro]. c1386 G. Chaucer Balade of Compleynt 16 Beseching you..Taccepte in worth this litel povre dyte. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 1429 All worthi men at redys this rurall dyt, Blaym nocht the buk. 1567 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. iii. 156 Sho the cause is of my wofull dyte. 3. Manner or mode of composition; form of speech; diction, language. Scottish. ΚΠ c1425 Wyntoun Cron. iv. Prol. 3 A Tretys made to be publik, Fourme of dyte and fayre spekyng. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 4 The kingis grace I knaw is nocht perfite In Latyn toung, and namelie in sic dyte It wilbe tedious..To reid the thing he can nocht vnderstand. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 54 The quhilk dreyme i sal reherse in this gros dyit. 4. Clamour, vociferation. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour reamOE ropeOE brack?c1200 utas1202 hootinga1225 berec1225 noise?c1225 ludea1275 cryc1275 gredingc1275 boastc1300 utasa1325 huec1330 outcrya1382 exclamation1382 ascry1393 spraya1400 clamourc1405 shoutingc1405 scry1419 rumourc1425 motion?a1439 bemec1440 harrowc1440 shout1487 songa1500 brunt1523 ditec1540 uproar1544 clamouring1548 outrage1548 hubbub1555 racket1565 succlamation1566 rear1567 outcrying1569 bellowing1579 brawl1581 hue and cry1584 exclaiming1585 exclaim1587 sanctus1594 hubbaboo1596 oyez1597 conclamation1627 sputter1673 rout1684 dirduma1693 hallalloo1737 yelloching1773 pillaloo1785 whillaloo1790 vocitation1819 blue murder1828 blaring1837 shilloo1842 shillooing1845 pillalooing1847 shriek1929 yammering1937 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5788 Cloudis with the clamour claterit aboue, Of the dit & þe dyn, þat to dethe went. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11946 The dyn & the dite was dole for to here. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1347, 8680. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). diten.² Forms: also dit. Etymology: Probably variant of doit n. (compare sense 2 at that entry). not to care a dit(e): not to care at all. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [verb (intransitive)] to put in no chaloir1477 not to care1490 to let the world wag (as it will)c1525 not to care a chip1556 to hang loose (to)1591 (to bid, care, give) a fig, or fig's end for1632 not to careor matter a farthing1647 not to care a doit1660 (not) to care twopencea1744 not to give a curse (also damn)1763 not to care a dump1821 not to care beans1833 not to care a darn1840 not to give a darn1840 not to care a straw (two, three straws)1861 not to care (also give) a whoop1867 (to care) not a fouter1871 not to care (or give) a toss1876 not to give (also care) a fuck1879 je m'en fiche1889 not to care a dit(e)1907 je m'en fous1918 not to give a shit1918 to pay no nevermind1946 not to give a sod1949 not to give (also care) a monkey's (fuck)1960 not to give a stuff1974 1907 Westm. Gaz. 7 Sept. 13/1 ‘Don't care a dite,’ Sylvia said despondently. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 488/2 ‘I suppose your major won't mind that?’ ‘Not a tuppenny dit.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). † ditev. Forms: Also Middle English–1500s dyt(e. Etymology: < Old French diter, earlier ditier (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), to write, compose < Latin dictāre , frequentative of dīcĕre to say, tell (see dictate v.), modern French dicter. Perhaps in some cases aphetic form of endite, indite v. After 1500 mainly Scots In early examples often difficult to distinguish < dight v. 1, 2, 6. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To compose or put in words (a set speech, poem, or writing); to indite. (Also absol.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] setc888 adighteOE awriteeOE writeeOE dightc1000 workOE makelOE brevea1225 ditea1300 aditec1330 indite1340 betravail1387 compone1393 saya1475 compile1477 compose1483 comprise1485 recite1523 pen1530 contex1542 invent1576 author1597 context1628 to make up1630 spawn1631 a1300 Sat. People Kildare xiv, in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 155 Worþ hit wer þat he wer king Þat ditid þis trie þing. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 123/2 Dytyn or indytyn letters and speche, dicto. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Cock & Fox l. 407 in Poems (1981) 20 Sa different thay ar in properteis..My cunning it excedis for to dyte. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xliv. 1 My hert is dytinge of a good matter. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) x. 64 Quhou beit that the said poietical beuk be dytit oratourly. 1603 King James VI & I in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 80 I suspecte ye have rather written then dyted it. 2. = dictate v. a. To utter or pronounce to a person (what he is to write).The first quot. is doubtful; it may belong to dight v. 2. ΚΠ a1400–50 Alexander 3462 Aȝt daies all bedene he dites in his pistill For reuerence of Rosan to revell & halowe. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. v. xvi. f. 64/2 Origenes ane syngular man..with sa properant ingyne, that he wald dyte fastar, than seuyn practycianis mycht suffyce to wryte. 1563 J. Davidson Answer to Tractiue Kennedy in D. Laing Misc. Wodrow Soc. (1844) I. 201 That quhilk the Haly Spirit dytit to them. 1643 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) II. 71 The Principal..dytes..his notes on the hard places of Scripture. b. To prescribe, lay down, impose, order. ΚΠ a1599 R. Rollock Sel. Wks. (1844) II. ix. 103 Pilate insisted earnestly to get Jesus, whom his conscience dited to be innocent, set free. 3. To summon, indict. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > charge, accuse, or indict [verb (transitive)] wrayc725 forwrayOE beclepec1030 challenge?c1225 indict1303 appeachc1315 aditea1325 appeal1366 impeachc1380 reprovea1382 arraigna1400 calla1400 raign?a1425 to put upa1438 present?a1439 ditec1440 detectc1449 articlec1450 billc1450 peach1465 attach1480 denounce1485 aret1487 accusea1500 filea1500 delate1515 crimea1550 panel1560 articulate1563 prosecute1579 impleada1600 to have up1605 reprosecute1622 tainta1625 criminatea1646 affect1726 to pull up1799 rap1904 run1909 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 123/2 Dytyn or indytyn for trespace, indicto. ?a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Sheep & Dog l. 1268 in Poems (1981) 52 Ane schiref stout Quhilk..hes with him ane cursit assyis about, And dytis all the pure men vp on land. a1525 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Asloan) (1920) 18 Thai Dyte ȝour lordis and heryis wp ȝour men. 1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) I. 157 The grocer..would dite them for a nuisance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹a1325n.²1907v.a1300
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