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Rh derdel [dærdəl],, short tail, sheep’s tail.  dirðill, dirðil,, With  to - for is also found in the sense of tail-root, caudal vertebra, = ,.
 * - see, ,

derg [dærg, dərg],, something important and valuable, ironically of trumpery or worthless things. Doubtless the same word as ,

derg [dærg],, to poke the fire persistently and violently, to d. i’ de fire. a form derived from ,, or for * from *daðra; see further under ,

derl, derrel [dærəl],, tail, of sheep; also tail-root; caudal vertebra; the hindmost bone of the spine of an animal, de d. o’ de grice [‘pig’]. At times in a wider sense: something dangling; a rag;, derrels, rags. : *darl or *derrill, a of *darri; darre,, vertebra of the neck; pivot of a door; a slender, quivering object.  , — In Unst a distinction is made between [dærdəl], tail of a sheep, and, , caudal vertebra. seems to come from short tail; tail of a sheep; but the vowel-sound, in any case, indicates the influence of,.
 * dirðill: dirðill, Fær. dirðil, ,

dermin [dærmɩn]-faced,, of sheep: having gray (dark) stripes on the face, of a sheep of light colour with darker stripes. Not sufficiently confirmed; in any case, a rare word, — provided this word is authentic — might represent dark, gray, as a of or cognate with *dimm- ( dimmr,, dim, ); for the final r , , fog, and dämmern, dæmre. The suffix - for - [-óttr]? For the metathesis >  the reverse order in from *gorma; see ,
 * in the sense of something

dert [dæ‘rt],, an old, decrepit, emaciated animal, a auld [‘old’] d. o’ a coo, o’ a sheep. Also an old maid. Really one who trips about?, , to stamp, darta, to trip, and derta, to step carefully, lightly and daintily, Gothlandic därrtä, to step cautiously.

dertek [dæ‘rtək, dɛ‘rtək],, a boot, sea-boot, tabu-word, used by fishermen at sea; in :. *dertingr? To be classed with, , to stamp with the foot; — Other names are , , and ,

des [dɛs, dæs],, 1) hay-rick, large hay-stack; 2) heather-stack; , to be used for thatching purposes, is dried in small, oblong stacks, called, and then stacked up in a larger one, the so-called. des,, stack; hay-stack. , ,
 * The mown heather

des [dɛs, dæs],, 1) to heap up hay in stacks; 2) to heap up mown heather in stacks; ;
 * desja, See  ,

desket [dɛskət, dæskət],, 1) exhausted; worn out; ; at times also with long æ-sound: [dǣskət] . 2) limp; slothful; dull, a body .  daska, , a) to be indolent and dilatory; b) to go quietly; jog along. 3) confused; helpless; moping ( ). — For the of the word see ,

dess [dæs(s)],, only noted down in the sense of to set out the long-line, in boat-fishing; he’s her (de line) doon [‘down’] to [dāgən], he sets out the line by “Dagen” (a fishing-ground, also called “Mirka” [mə‘rka]). Uncertain origin. to be referred