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104 2) trampled condition, of ground; de grund is in a . 3) thick mud; :. — From *dik-?; see further under ,, and , Possibly different words. With 1,  3, corresponding partly to diga, partly to dika. 3 (connected with d. 2) assimilates in form, as well as in meaning, to dikkel, , mud in a morass (see Ri. under du,, = dy, mud); or connected with díki, n,n., [sic] mud; morass.

dikel [dɩkəl] and djikel [dᶎɩkəl], and, to trample; trample down (in mud); to de flør [‘floor’], to tread down the floor (earthen floor, clay floor): See , 1.

to drink, me a d.! give me something to drink! From an older *,  drykkr,, a drink.
 * dikk [dɩk, dək],, drink; something

dill [dɩl (del, dəl)],, rag, something dangling; to hang in , of ragged clothes. See ,

dill [dɩl (del, dəl)],, 1) , to be shaken to and fro; to hang dangling,  of ragged clothes; also to jog idly along, walking in a maze; to d. aboot, to geng . 2) , to d. awa [‘away’] de time, to idle away one’s time by aimless walking about. — and dilla,, to dangle; shake. This word is from the  dill, , to soothe; also die down; become quiet (to d. down), which has been taken over into, and used of a lull in rough weather; a “dill”, a lull.

dilldus [dɩl·dus·],, , dangling rags, of ragged clothes on a person; to hang in d.; it is a’ hangin in d. aboot him, he is completely in rags.  For the first part see above, ; the second part is =  duss, , a shake, which is to be classed with “dissa”,, to shake; swing.

dilød (?de-lød) [dilød·],, to disfigure; to be unbecoming = , is lýta,, to disfigure; blemish, The form has arisen under  of the  delude,, pronounced in the same way in
 * yon [‘that’] hat dee.

dimm [dɩm], more rarely dimma [dɩm(m)a] and dimmer [dɩmər, dəmər], , dusk; twilight; hit [‘it’] will be ere [‘before’] dey come back . — is here to be regarded as the substantive and not as the adjective; du’s been dee a, a , a , a  [dəmək] , you have been a long time away, said to one who has been away during the day and comes home when darkness falls; and in the same sense,  and are reported in the sense of long time, long while. — is especially used in the sense of midsummer-night; de head o’ (de) , the dimmest part of the midsummer-night ( and, de k. o’ ). The word is found used in the phrase “a o’ dirt”, of very troublesome and tedious work, unless the latter happens to be a word differing from in sense of dusk. — dimma,, (slight) darkness; dimm, dimmi,, the darkest hours of the night in summer, midsummer-night. — [dɩmək, dəmək], in sense of a) stormy weather; rough weather at sea; b) violent quarrel, is a  word from the above-mentioned; Cymric, tymm- ( Welsh tymmestl,, storm; rough weather, and tymmer, , temperament). [dim]