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102 to and  dissa,, to swing, or to deisa,, to throw; fling.

dev [dēv (dē$ə$v, dē$æ$v), more rarely dev, dəv],, 1) to deafen, to bewilder one with loud noise, = deave, deve; du’s [dēvɩn] me wi’ din. 2) to soften; calm; alleviate, pain; de pain is [dēvd], the pain is alleviated. 3) to take the chill off; warm slightly, : to d. water (: dev, dəv); [devd, dəvd], having the chill taken off; made lukewarm. —  døyfa (deyfa),, to deafen; deaden. doubtless arises from *døv, by change of ø to e (   from : øyrr, eyrr,, ear; sandy beach), but is influenced in form by “deave, deve”, to which it assimilates in sense 1 ( døyva, , is also found in the same sense). In senses 2 and 3, however, is especially Norse;   døyva, “døve”, in sense of to deaden; alleviate ( 2), and  døyva = to soften; prepare by warming up and steaming ( 3). A rarer parallel form to  is the form  [dōv],, to deafen or confuse by loud noise , derived from a *daufa or by dropping of i-mutation;  dauva, , to make slack, in conjunction with dauv, , deaf; slothful; dull,  daufr. See ,
 * dauva, which has arisen from “døyfa”

devilin [dɛv··ɩlɩn·],, the devil, only noted down in the phrase “to d.”! ''oh! the devil!''. The word itself is anglicised in form, but the Old Northern is preserved. djǫfullinn,, the devil.

di [di̇̄],, calming of the weather; abatement of storm; he’s a i’ de wadder. Also [di̇̄ən]. . from an Norn þ > d (see $2$,, and Introd. V — also N.Spr. VII — § 36); þýða,, mildness, “mildness of weather” (B.H.); þýðr,, mild, of weather: þýtt veðr ( pýðr, mild; kind)., is commonly regarded as being derived from and dee,, a) to die; b) to die away; become weakened. See $1$,
 * þýð- with the change in

di$1$ [di̇̄],, to abate; calm, of rough weather; he’s i’ de wadder. From þýða,, to attach (oneself) to. See,  The word merges into dee,, to die; die away; to become weakened.

di$2$ [di̇̄],, to warm up, to prepare limpets (patella), used for bait, by putting them into hot water to loosen them from their shells; to de limpets,  de bait. Otherwise : to “leep” de limpets. the sea (tabu)-term “to (*) de ”. , in this case, arises from  píða, , to thaw; melt by heating, píða upp, to warm up. For the form, ,


 * di, , see ,

phrase where it governs the genitive, like til, to, for: [ma‘rta di gå‘ns tekə di (də) vɛps], much can be used for the woof that is useless for the warp, : much (useless, understood) for warp, can be used for woof; original form: margt… til garns, tekit(?) til vepts.
 * di [di],, for, in an old proverbial

dibjassafit (?de-bjassafit) [dibjas··afɩt· (-fit·)],, weak; ailing; wretched; a puir [‘poor’] d. body. Uncertain  a substantive? might be a development from *pis-, *pjas-, like from *pikk-, pjakk-, and - from , ). pis,, poor wretch, pjas, , (feeble-minded) wretch. Should the last part of the
 * pirk-, *pjark- (see, , and