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112 Balfour:,. In old legal documents, legal ordinances, the word is found several times in the form. “…Quhilk [payment] is ordanit to be done within ane moneth ilk persoun under the paine of ane dwmra” (Anent payment of Syse herring. Court of Burray, at Hous the XXV day of Junij 1604. Acts and Statutes). “Compeirit and (submitted in judgement)… that thai and ewerie ane of thame sould cast and win ther peitis [‘peats’] yeirlie in time of yeir according to the ordinance set down in my Lordis precept direct theranent wnder the paine of ane ” (Anent casting of peitis, Court of Burray, at Hous the XXV day of Junij 1604. Acts and Statutes). dómrof, , failure to comply with a judgement.

domra$2$ [dȯmra],, fog; dimness of the atmosphere; gathering of drizzly clouds, a d. o’ mist. (not ). of *dumm-, parallel form to “dimm-”; dumm,, = dimm ( dimmr),, dim; obscure, inter alia, of the sky. r in may be original ( forms such as dämmern, Dämmerung, dæmre, dæmring); note, however, dumla,, of the sky: to become dense and dark.

domsket [dȯ‘mskət],, dejected; silent; melancholy; ; also [do‘mskət]. 2) gaping; struck dumb with astonishment; also [dȯ‘msi];  of  dumbr,, dumb; speechless (with paralysed senses);  , , hard of hearing. For the derivative ending : a)  dumsken, , hazy (R.), from “dumm” in sense of dim; dark; further, b) -. — [dȯ‘ms],, out of sorts; peevish; sullen , is possibly a word different from , , arisen  by shortening of the   (also used in ) “in the dumps”.

don$n$ [dȯn],, dust, used in the senses: 1) adhesive meal-dust which, in grinding corn, settles on the edges of the millstones; it is used  in the preparing of “sooens” ( sowans), pottage made of “sowans” mixed with meal; d. o’ de meal . 2) misty covering of clouds; haze in warm weather; der’r a het [‘hot’] don ower de land; Along with this, [dȯni],, of weather: hazy, misty and warm,warm, [sic] d. wadder. 3) a grain; trifle; particle, a o’ meal, o’ sugar; no a, not a grain; , , in the same sense. Generally pronounced from  [dūn, dun], , bird’s down. —  a)  “dun” in “dunjord, dunmold”,, a sort of loose, light earth; b) dunk,, a quantity of refuse of hay, straw,
 * more rarely [dun], de

don$w$ [dȯn],, boom; din, of wind, a d. o’ wind ; b) a whistling sound of the wind in the roof-opening, somewhat stronger than ; *dun- or *dyn-. duna,, and dynr, , boom; noise; dun, dune and dyn, ;  dun, , and duni,  The form  [dɩn], boom, may have arisen from *dyn-, but is rather to be regarded as din,
 * a) gust of wind; sudden squall,

don [dȯn],, to boom; din; make a noise; to crash; of wind: to come with a gust or with a sough. Also [dɩn], = din, duna and dynja,, to boom; crash. See $h$,

donder, and, see.

donek [donək (dɔnək)],, a swampy hole; puddle.  to be classed with, -, , with dropped i-mutation; see further.

doner [dȯnər],, a fierce