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Rh  fire, a d. o’ a fire. duni,, fire (Eg.).

dongel,, see.

dongjin [dȯndᶎɩn, dȯndᶎən],, a heap; pile, a d. o’ hay. . *dungi-nn or *dyngja-n ( form)? dunge, dungi, ; dyngja,, a heap. For -gji [dᶎɩ], instead of the more common -gi [gi], in the ending of Shetland words, , , and ,


 * donna,, see *, *,

doon-dragg, -droggin,, see ,

doonfa’-klokk [dunfā·klɔk··], , a large species of beetle, , of bluish colour, with small wings, which enable it to fly a short distance, and then it falls down; it is found in the out-fields, in boggy or peaty soil. Doubtless an old *niðrfalls-klokka or klukka, where the first part of the ( niðrfall,, downfall) has been translated into.

doon-lay [dun·lē··],, heavy snowfall, a d.-l. o’ snaw. Doubtless a translation of an old niðrlag,, or *niðrlaga, ; nedlag and nedloga, a laying down. — [dun·lē··ər] and [dun·läi··] are reported in sense of a thick coat of snow on the ground, lying for some time, a d. o’ snaw.

doon-lie [dun·läi··],, 1) couch; resting-place. 2) settled fair weather, a d.-l. o’ wadder [‘weather’]; he’s just been a d.-l. de hale ook [‘whole week’]. An anglicising of an old *niðrlaga or -lega, “lying down”., , settled weather, and “lie doon”, under lie, — Another, , is given under ,

doon-lop, -lup [dun·lop··], a heavy downpour of rain, a d.-l. o’ rain. From an old *niðr-hlaup,, rushing down., ,

doon-set [dun·sɛt··, -sæt··], , haunt, domicile, house with a small plot of ground attached. niðursetur,, settlement, and niðurseta, , of a tenant’s farm. down-seat,, to Jam.: “settlement as to situation”.

doon-tak [-tak],, taunt; disparaging reference to or designation for a person, a d.-t. on a person. Anglicising of an older “*niðr-tak(a)” in sense of pulling down; disparagement; niðrtaka, , pulling down.

doon-tøm [dun·tøm·],, heavy downpour of rain; a d.-t. o’ rain. Really emptying. See ,

doors,, entrance-door of a house. The word is anglicised, but the form is a relic of the old language: dyrr,  , door. The form,  door, is now, however, more commonly used. The old form “dura-” is found in some : (, - and ), (-, -), as well as -tree;

dor [dōr],, a drop; trifle, only noted down negatively, “no a d.”, in the phrase: der’r no a d. o’ blød [‘blood’] in his (her) face, there is no natural, fresh colour in his (her) face at all, he (she) has a very unhealthy or sickly appearance, : there is not a drop of blood in his (her) face. Is doubtless tár,, tear; for the use of the word,   tår, , a) tear; b) drop; small drops of fluid, tår,, For initial d for t in Norn, see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 35.

dor [dor], ; form, the old dual-form of the second person, , used in polite address to a single person: You (thou); 8