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Rh I just, I slept quite lightly ; to d. ower = to ower, to fall into a light sleep; he ower ; to sleep badly; to doze ; to make limp or sleepy movements;, in the : de word was  afore him, afore his mooth [‘mouth’], he could not speak distinctly, either for sleepiness or weakness. The word is found in : dover,, to slumber lightly; but the has a wider use and is of Norse origin. daaver,, sickly drowsiness; attack of faintness and giddiness, and davra,, to be weakened. — [dāvər],, is used  with , but  is  “dauer (daiver)”, to become or to be stupid, benumbed, dull, which in has merged into ., however, is found in a single sense, from Norn ( davra), and from ; see ,

dovin [dōvin],, deafening, confused noise.  is formed by the suffix -an or -ing together with a of the verb *daufa, on daufr, in place of *døyfa with imutation. See, , and , , mentioned thereunder.
 * dauva, to deafen, formed directly

drabb [drab],, drizzle; drizzly weather. Doubtless to be classed with drabba,, to overflow the bank; drabb,, somewhat rough sea; sea-spray; small waves near the shore. Further, also approaches the “drab-”, dirt; mud ( drabach,, dirty). , of a slatternly, disorderly person ( a woman) who soils and spills things, on the other hand, is most  drab, , in the sense of a slattern; “dirty drab”.

drabbi, drabb-y [drab(b)i], , drizzly; rainy, d. wadder [‘weather’], a d. mornin. of ,

†?drabelli [drā·bæl·i],, one of the openings between the keelson and the knee-timbers in a boat (to secure the running off of the water). Also [drā·bær·i]: ; The word is generally used in the : (-)..

dradska [draᶁᶊka],, slowness; tardiness; slow and dragging gait. , *drattska. dratta, , to move with a heavy, slow gait. ,

dradsket [draᶁᶊkət],, slow; dragging, applied to movement, gait.
 * *drattskóttr. See ,

draf,, see under ,

drafs [drafs],, a person who walks slowly and carelessly. See ,

drafs [drafs],, to walk slowly and carelessly. Somewhat from and  drafsa, , to squander; waste, but approaches dramsa,, to draggle; spill, and ,

drafset [drafsət],, slow; careless; dragging, applied to gait. of ,

drag [drag, drāg],, dragging; pulling; in the  phrases.: I) with a short a-sound [drag]: 1) dragging; helping hand; grip, in hauling a boat up or down, sometimes also when rowing; gi’e us a d. [drag] wi’ dee, boy! give a hand, my boy! ;,  2) heavy, downward-dragging weight; der’r a heavy d. [drag] on the line, there is a heavy weight of fish on the line . II) with a long a-sound [drāg]: 1) a) the quantity of milk taken from a cow at each milking, a d. [drāg] o’ milk, a d. ut o’ de coo ; to tak’ a d. ut o’ de coo, to milk the cow at an irregular time ; b) a draught of milk, a sip of milk . 2) a)