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110 well as *,, must be supposed to be Norn words, there need be no question of loan or influence from

doit [dɔi‘t, dåi‘t],, to nod from sleepiness; to doze over some work or other, to sit ower a ting; also to walk drowsily and lazily. Rarely in the form [då‘t] (, really ?). *dotta; dotta,, to nod from sleepiness; take a nap. In sense of to walk lazily, partly assimilates to doytt and doiter,, but the sound-change - must, however, be regarded as a regular development of -ott; see, , and

doker [dokər, dɔkər, dåkər], , firmness of texture; strength; quality to withstand wear, of articles of clothing; der’r nae [‘no’] d. in it. Sometimes of wear (the act of wearing out something); hit [‘it’] can stand or bide nae d., it can stand no wear. from  dugr, , (ability); strength; power; force, by hardening of g to k. the from *dygg- (dygð).

dokk [do‘k],, gloomy; depressed; discouraged; he’s unco [‘very’] d. upon him (it); often intensive in the phrase: “d. and dowie” ( dowie = dolly,, dull; spiritless). dǫkkr,, dark; dim.

dokka [dɔka] and : dokki [dɔki (dȯki)],, 1) a young girl; now mostly as a term of endearment to a child, a girl: my ! From Norwick, , an original form is reported, ending in -a: (my) (little) ! Sometimes in the sense of a) a good-looking girl, “shø [‘she’] is a regular ” , and b) sweetheart, “Ola’s ” . 2) doll, imitation of a doll, a rag-doll. dokka,, girl; vertical support in a windlass; a skein. dokka,  docka, = dukke, a doll; skein; endaringendearing [sic] term to a girl.

dokki [dɔki],, a new sprout of an old cabbage-plant; new sprout that starts growing along the stalk from the root of an old cabbage-plant. Really the same word as the foregoing?

dol [dō$n$l],, abatement; short calm or break in rough weather or in a high wind; he’s a d. , dola, daala,, of wind: to abate; calm; daal,, lull between squalls.

dol [dō$n$l],, to abate; calm, of rough weather; high wind; he’s . More commonly as a substantive; see ,

dolabrod, doli-,, see ,

dola [dȯla (dȯᶅa)]-tree,, contemptuous applied to a useless, indolent person. Doubtless duratræ,, lintel.
 * duratré; dura (dyra)-tré,

dolek [dɔlək, dålək],, 1) a small watercourse; brook; 2) liquid manure from the byre, flowing through an open gutter (=, and (er), , ); doubtless of the gutter itself. More common in the derived senses: 3) a) a dirty puddle; duck-pond; slough; b) very marshy piece of ground.  dæla,, a gutter; in  also: water-furrow; ditch; small brook.

dolerom,, see -reek,

do-less,, see ,

dolhoit [dȯl$n$·$n$hɔit·, -håit·, -hɔ̇it·], , fairy-hat, but now only used in a sense in the [‘oneself’], to cast anesell op in (intill) a d., a) to malinger in order to get out of some work or other ; b) more rarely: to become retiring, become silent and sulky — really to
 * 1) to cast a d. ower anesell