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Rh down as the only word in Norn left from the lost grace before meat. ,  þǫkk (þakk-), , thanks. For the change þ > d in see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 36.

dal [dāl],, 1*) valley, direction of a valley; depression in the landscape. 2) trough of the sea between two waves, a d. atween twa waves. 3) a break in the weather; lull; abatement: a) calming of rough sea; he is a d. i’ de sea, the sea has gone down somewhat ; b) short break between showers or squalls ; he’s just a d. for de maament [‘moment’] ; c) break in a storm or rough weather, a d. i’ de wadder [‘weather’], [dāli], a  i’ de wadder: α) in  =  3 c; β) a fall in strong wind, he’s makin’ a  or , there is a break in the rough weather (in the storm), the gale abates.,  4) a sound; firth; inlet ; mainly as a place-name; the inlet to the village “Ham” in Foula is thus called “de ”. — In sense 1,  is now scarcely found except in place-names, mostly as a suffix in names of dales where, however, it is often pronounced [dɛl, unstressed dɛl, del, dəl], influenced by  “dale”, a word which is used colloquially in , side by side with “valley”. In Unst the form - is now, however, mostly used. See Shetl. Stedn. pp. 86—87. —  dalr, , dale. For  3,   dala av, , of storm-charged clouds: to glide away from the sky. —  [dāl] is also found in sense of a strip of level land; a flat, fertile patch of arable land, thus: a d. o’ grund, a bere-d., small patch of arable land for the sowing of barley , “every  (farm) has its ”  ; but in this case,  comes from   dail, , a patch of field, which often is found as the first part of Scottish place-names, denoting field; flat land. The two words are merged in Shetlandic. — See the -mist, , (a)-reek,.

dal$n$ [dāl],, to descend; sink, now doubtless only in fig. sense: to diminish; cease; calm; a) of a short break in rough weather (between showers, squalls): to break; to calm; he’s, there is a lull, = he’s a ; also of the subsiding of strong wind ; b) of rough sea: to assuage, go down, become calmer, noted down in in the form [dāli]; he’s a little. — dala,, to descend; sink; dala av, of storm-charged clouds: to glide from the sky (R.). See, 3.

dal$1$ [dāl] and dali [dāli],, to idle about; to come sauntering behind, to geng aboot, to come  ahint or behint [‘behind’]. is now the usual form. dala, dalla,, to go slowly; to dawdle; dalla, , to fidget; bustle, indicates quicker movements, -i in “” probably originates from “dally”.

dalamist, dala-mist,, see under .

dalamjork [dā··lamjȯ‘rk·] and dalamork [dā··lamȯ‘rk·],, mist lying in the dales while the heights are clear. *dala-mjǫrkvi (myrkvi), “dale-mist”. mjǫrkvi, myrkvi, , dense fog; mjörki, , mist (summer-mist), is often used of low-lying mist or fog while the upper atmosphere is clear; pollamjörki corresponds to . In is used [dā··lamɩst·], = ; is here either mistr,, mist, or “mist”. In