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94 I ha’e de double doon [‘down’] and du de single fedder

(“Heron, heron! daylight in the heather! I have the double down and you the single feather”).

The swan had thus won the down.”

The same fable is told in Færoe of the eider-duck and the cormorant; see Faer. Anthol. I, pp. 381—82. — *dag(s)-(ljós); dagsljós, , daylight.

dagdwälj [dag·dwäᶅ·, dagdwäᶅ·] and dag(d)wel [dagwəl],, 1) lounging; fruitless occupation, applied to fishing at a place where little or no fish is to be had; : [dagdwäᶅ·]; dis is naet’in’ [‘nothing’] but a d. 2)  in , toys for pastime: a) toy demanding mental activity, tiring-irons, a wooden frame with three cross-pins, around which a string is wound and unwound again;  [dag·dwäᶅs·], ; b) in wider sense: playthings (for children); : [dagwəls]; “de bairns will get dem (de broken dishes) for dag(d)wels”. — *dag-dvelja; dagdvelja, , pastime, toys for pastime, tiring-irons; dagdvølja, , artfully carved wooden pins to be put together and separated again, to Svabo: wooden pins with three holes, and a string with two small pieces of wood attached to the string, which is wound through the holes and again unwound, = fimla.

dagdwälj [dag·dwäᶅ·],, 1) to while away the time uselessly; to dawdle about, to geng [‘go’] aboot; 2) to work continuously with a poor result, when doing field-work in spring or when at fishing; dey will d. upo yon [‘that’] till de morn [‘to-morrow’]; *dag-dvelja,, to while away the day;  dagdvelja, , a) pastime; b) idler. See , , and ,

†dagg [dag(g), däg(g)],, dew; moisture, a) dampness in the air ; b) drizzle; gentle rain; a d. o’ weet. More rarely with a lengthening of the vowel: [dāg]. A form [dᶎag, dᶎäg] is used in  dǫgg,, dew, moisture; dogg and  dagg (dew) also drizzle; ( * and ) dag,, dew; drizzle. — A form  [dâgin, dâgɩn] from , in the sense of small rain falling for long duration, may be regarded as a of the verb  with lengthening of vowel;  dǫggvan and dǫggving,, moisture (drizzle), from dǫggva,, to bedew; moisten.

†dagg [dag(g), däg(g)],, to drizzle.  [dᶎag, dᶎäg]: See ,

with rain; tabu-word at sea, used by fishermen. Is a of, , dew; moisture; rain, and
 * daggastø [dag··astø·],, wind
 * ,, tabu-name for wind.

†daggen [dagən, dägən],, lump or stub, a thick piece, a piece of the root of a tree: a d. o’ wood; also of meat: a d. o’ meat. uncertain.

daggri [dagri],, dawn, de d. o’ de mornin’. . The first part of the - is dagr,, day; for the second part , “gry”, dawn, see ,

dai,, see.

†daikel [dai‘kəl, däi‘kəl],, compass, tabu-name, used at sea by fishermen. A corruption of “dial”, ?

dak [dāk] and more : djak [dᶎāk],, to saunter aimlessly about, to geng aboot. daka,, to walk lazily and carelessly; to saunter about (R.).


 * dakk [dak],, thanks; handed