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Rh is also  used in the sense of a) to walk aimlessly, blindly, to geng ; b) to speak incoherently and vaguely, to speak ; c) to fall into a slumber, to d. ower, but is in the three last given senses dauer, daiver, , to become or to be benumbed, or stupid.  ,

davet [dāvot],, in the phrases “d. kirn, d. milk” =, ; .

däi [däi],, 1) commotion in the sea; heave; swell, as harbinger of storm; der’r a d. i’ de sea; 2) wave; ;  — Sometimes = , a shoreward drift, current under the surface of the sea, by which the fishermen (before the compass was in general use) steered their boats to the shore, in fog; to finn de land by de d. (Burra). to be classed with dýja, , to shake; dýja,, to move; draw to and fro (B.H.). For the development of sound í, ý > äi in see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), §§ 6, 12, — and ,

däib [däib],, dipping, or one who dips (see, ), in sense: a person keenly and constantly occupied with some business, with trifles; generally an elderly person: a auld [‘old’] d. o’ a creature. Noted down in Unst in the senses: one who strives and toils, of an aged, decrepit person; an old, worn-out animal; a jade ; a worn-out person or animal (horse), a auld d. o’ a mare ; a person who is very slow at work ; a person who roams too much about and comes home late , — For the relation, see the ,

däib [däib],, 1) to dip, of sea-fowl: to dip the beak into the water, to d. i’ de water; also dip, in general. 2) : a) to be constantly con- stantly at sea, occupied with fishing; he’s  i’ de sea for ever ; b) usually: to plod, to work'' assiduously, to be very much occupied with trifles; ; as and  : he’s, or him [‘himself’]; c) to strive and toil; to slave,  of an aged, somewhat worn-out person; an old jade; to d. on ; d) constantly to soil oneself, to d. intill [‘into’] gutter (dirt); to d. intill clash or gossip; ; f) to stay out long, away from home ; de kye [‘cows’] lie ut till de head o’ (dimm = midnight in summer). — *dýpa,, to dip, from djúp, , deep;  djupen,  dúfa, deyfa and deypa, , to dip. The development í, ý >  is rather  in Norn (through  of );  , , and  under $h$,
 * e) to engage or indulge in gossip,

däin and däien,, see $h$,

de [de, də], , it, þat,, but only used impersonally and indefinitely in the “ wer’”, it was; [de] wer’ ae [ē] day, that…, it was a day, that…; assimilates in to “de’ wer’” for “der’ wer’”, there were (was). The form, it, appears in the first line of an old Norn verse from Unst: De vare (vera) gue ti [də vārə, vɛra, gūə ti̇̄],, it was at an opportune time, ; see the Introd. the use of ,

†deffi [dæf(f)i],, a species of web-footed bird, sanderling. referable to daff,, to be foolish; make sport; toy.

in sarcastic address to a deaf person; also * [dæf··najor·na]. *dauf-øyra ( dauv-øyra, døvøre). The first part of the is anglicised, the ending - is due to influence of  7*
 * defna-jora [dæf··najō·ra],, “deaf-ear",