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Rh end of anything; to break asunder, to d. de pipe. Tabu-word used at sea. Formed from ,

dand [dand, dānd] and dandi [dandi, dāndi],, 1) to dandle; 2) to muse; be half-asleep, to geng aboot. danda,, a) to dandle; b) to muse, ganga dandandi. Forms such as [dāndəl] and [dāndər] are also used in both senses mentioned above; but these words are respectively: a) “dandill” to stroll; saunter; and b) and  “dander”, to saunter. 3) to keep the fishing-line in constant motion, up and down, with short jerks, in herring-fishing; in this sense : or  (wand = rod), to d. (for) herring, to catch herring by keeping the line (hand-line) in constant motion, up and down. A line, used in such fishing, is called “a -line”. From  is recorded “to [danəl] for herring” = to [dandi] for herring. — The form  (note the final -i in ) is  influenced by “dandy”,  The root-meaning of the word seems to be, to move up and down by repeated, short jerks.,  for  3,  denta, , to make repeated, short jerks (from *dant-);  datta (*danta) and dunta, , to strike lightly; thrust; to shake (be shaken) up and down ( datta, , to palpitate, of the heart). See the statement under “denta” in Ross.
 * to sit wi’ de line

†dangel [daŋgəl, daŋəl],, to dangle; saunter; idle about, to d. aboot. dangla, , to dangle (dangleskjerding, idler); dangla,, to dangle; idle. The word is in meaning more closely connected with  “dangla” than with “dangle”.

†dangler [daŋ(g)lər],, idler. From,  dangleskjerding, , idler. “dangler” is used in a rather  sense.

dank [da‘ŋk] and danki [da‘ŋki], , 1) a slight hollow; depression in the surface of the soil; dank and danki: between two waves, trough of the sea;, hollow in a field, marshy spot ( dǫkk, , a depression; hollow).
 * dank: ; danki:, ,
 * [de‘ŋki]: 2) hollow
 * dank, danke,

danser [da‘nsər],, sea-term, fishermen’s tabu-name for the shark, a species of small shark,. danser. Really: “den dansende”, the dancing one.

dapl, dapel,, see ,

dar [dār],, noted down in the form in the phrase: “a [dārɩn] gale”, a hard gale, a violent storm.   means trembling, and, in that case, is to be referred to dadra and darra, , to tremble; shake; quiver, darra (: daddra). — [dār],, in sense of a feeling of awe, fear, is daur. — ,

darbek,, see.

darg [darg] and darget [dargət], , a mass; large portion of something, used ironically when getting less than expected; I’m gotten a ; a ut o’ de coo, a large (small) quantity of milk in milking. *dorg-. dorg, , mass; heap; dörje, heap ( to Ross). — For a second , from *, see , — Different from these, and quite as extensively used, is a third in sense of day’s work; great or heavy piece of work; large tract of land to be cultivated; the latter is “darg”,  of “day’s (da’s) wark [‘work’].” 7