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Rh for revenge: to the devil, ; b) stop that noise! hold your tongue! In similar manner: Heavy d.! and Oh, d. dee! Also (doren). See ,

dorg [dȯrg],, a corpulent or stout, large-boned person, a d. o’ a fellow. Outside more : [dɔ‘rk, dȯ‘rk]; a d. o’ a lass, a plump, somewhat clumsily-built young woman ; a great d. o’ a man, o’ a bull , may also mean any thick, clumsy object whatsoever: a d. o’ a knife, o’ a needle; a d. o’ a piece (o’ meat), a thick, fat morsel;. dorg, , a heavy, slatternly woman, a good-for-nothing. — From is reported a form  [tȯ‘rk] = , with allusion to the word “Turk”.

dorifetels, dorrifetels [dɔr··ifæt·əls (dor··i-)],, lazy lounging or huddling up; indisposition and fretfulness; only noted down in the phrase: “to lie (be) op i’ de d.” to lounge lazily or huddled up; to be indisposed and fretful. As the word, , is used in the sense of a damp, rotting or disorderly heap,  of a confused or depressed state of mind; irresolution, a similar change may be thought to have taken place in the sense of (s). The original meaning then might be a bundle flung down or rolled up carelessly; durra,, disorderly pile; entangled mass (dudra, durra,, to wrap up; to bundle. R.), and fetl,, binding; winding round. ,, carrying-band. is (fettil, fettle 2 and 3. Jam.) when used of condition, frame of mind.

dorin [dōrin],, deafening or confused noise; shouting. See ,

dork,, see ,

dorkable,, see able.

dorl, dorrel,, see ,.

dorpelt [dȯ‘rpəld],, mottled; speckled, of the sky: covered closely with small clouds, = , Must be a metathesis of * = droplutt, , variegated; small-dotted ( dropplug, dropóttur,, spotted; speckled; variegated).

dorro [dår(r)o],, 1) a fishing-line, a special angling-line used in boat-fishing ( for mackerel and coalfish), kept in constant motion to and fro (up and down) while the boat is gently rowed forward, = dorg,   Sometimes also  [dar(r)o]. In  is used of a fishing-line with many hooks. 2) wooden frame around which a fishing-line is wound, : .  herewith dorg,, in sense of fishing-tackle, a rod with hooks left hanging overnight (R.). — See , — The form , written “dorrow”, is not quite regularly developed from “dorg”, but is formed like words, such as “borough, borrow, morrow, sorrow”, corresponding to “borg, borga , morg(inn), sorg”. In Jam. the word is not found as Edm. has: “dorrow, to fish with a floating hand-line”.

dorro [dår(r)o],, to fish with an angling-line ( for coalfish and mackerel); see , [dar(r)o]. Formed from the substantive and cannot be derived directly from dyrgja, , to fish with a trolling-line.

dorska [dɔ‘rska, då‘rska],, daring, foolhardy action; also [dåska]. , *dárska (lack of sense; delusion)? The word arises from dára,, to deceive; delude, which again is derived from the root “dá” — see under , ; but the of dare,, can also be traced. 8*