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100 deafen, ; for the second part see ,

degi [dēgi, degi],, swamp; morass; very wet piece of ground, hollow; “de coo [‘cow’] is doon [‘down’] i’ de d., geng and look efter [‘after’] her!”. Also found as a place-name, in Unst. may stand for * and be díki, , swamp; morass, which word is still common in, and  The word might, however, also be a of *deig- ( deigr,, soft) or quaking mass; digemyr, “deegemyr”, , quagmire).
 * dig- ( diga,, and dige , soft,

dekk [dɛk (dek, dæk), dək], , sea-bottom, tabu-name, used by fishermen at sea; de line is i’ de d., de “steed” (the sinker of the long-line) is at de d. also in a wider sense of bottom in general. dɛk: dək:. Besides [dɛk] a form [dæ‘ki] is found in    dǫkk, , dokk and dekk,, hollow, depression.

del [dē$wg$l and more del], , deal; part. deill, , and deild, ; merges into  deal, the word.

deld, djeld [d$n$ēld, djē$ə$ld, ᶁē$i$ld, ꬶē$ə$ld (djeld), ᶁeld, ꬶeld],, a plot of ground, a strip of grassland, pasture (home-field), a d. o’ girs [‘grass’]; ; in also cultivated patch, part of a field: a corn-d. The forms with a long e (ē, ē$ə$) are peculiar to ; djeld, ᶁeld: ; (djeld) ᶁeld, ꬶeld: The word is commonly used in place-names, as the last (second) part of a , denoting a plot of land (piece of home-field), cultivated patch. While the forms with softened initial d or inserted j are now dominant in the common noun, this is not the case with place-names with “deld (djeld)”, where instead, we sometimes find a softening of l. The word occurs, as a place-name, recorded in the forms: dɛld, dæld, dɛᶅd, däᶅd, dɛ‘lt, djeld, djēld (djē$ə$ld), ᶁeld (ꬶeld). In “de Daldeldins” [dal·dæl·dɩns, -dɛᶅ·ᶁɩns] , from an original *daldeildirnar, - is a survival from -irnar with  -s. See further Shetl. Stedn. pp. 87-88. — deild,, deal; portion; deild,, plot of land (home-field). $ə$, *$ə$ and *,

deml, demmel [dæməl] and more in the water caused by dipping. *deml from *daml;, and  daml, , splash; splashing. See ,
 * dembel [dæmbəl],, a splash

deml, demmel [dæməl] and more splash; to cause a splash in the water by (quick) dipping, to d. i’ de water; often governing an object, thus, (with a splash) into the water in order to fill it. *demla, *damla, , and damla,, to splash; demla,, a) to splash, = damla; b) to fill a vessel by pressing it down into the water.
 * dembel [dæmbəl],, to
 * to d. de daffock, loto [sic] dip a bucket

deng [dɛŋ, deŋ],, to thrash; strike, dengja; merges into and ding,, to strike; beat,

denki [de‘ŋki],, see , ,

densk [dæ‘nsk],, Danish, in the expr. “d. money”, Danish money. Otherwise : Danish. danskr,, Danish.

dentel-tree,, see -tree,

of water,)water), [sic] swamp; puddle; a hollow in the ground in which water gathers; now only as a place-name: de D. A form * [dēbəl] is found in as the name of a loch “-water”. depill, , stagnant water; puddle.
 * depel [dɛpəl, dæpəl],, (collection