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Rh dragsa,, to trail, drag or carry something heavy.

dragsa [dragsa],, a slatternly, negligent woman, who trails her dress along, a draggletail; a “skowret” d. [ scowry,, = scurvy, shabby]. , *dragsa,  See ,

dragset [dragsət],, slatternly, having trailing garments while walking, of a woman; -like. , From *drags-; see , , and ,

dral [drāl],, to walk as if dragging oneself along; to idle about; saunter, to geng ; a body. drala,, In the sense of to speak, with slow utterance, , however, is drawl,

drall [(draᶅ) dräᶅ],, splinter-bars or swingle-trees, belonging to a plough;  Really something dangling; see , ,

drall [draᶅ, dräᶅ],, to dangle; idle about, to geng aboot. . dralla, , to saunter (behind); trip; dralla, , to lag behind. $h$,

draller [draᶅər, dräᶅər],, in a water-mill: a wooden block, one end of which rests on the upper millstone and is fastened by a string to the “shoe”: a wooden trough, through which the corn from the deep, funnel-shaped box, “de hopper”, runs down to the eye of the millstone. “de ” is set in motion by the turning of the millstone, and, by its continual striking against “the shoe”, ensures the steady descent of the corn. Hence the name, ; really, the dangling, swinging one. is to be formally classed with, , and is a of the latter. Otherwise -, in this case, might stand for an *darl-;   darla, , to move; dangle, darla,, to hang dangling, with which , to the usage of the word, agrees fairly well.

drallet [dra$1$ᶅət, dräᶅət],, slovenly, negligent of appearance,  about the legs; he is very d.-like aboot de legs. of ,

drals [dra‘ls],, to walk slowly and carelessly, as if dragging oneself, to geng. . Either a) derived from, , and, in that case, parallel to from *dratt-, or b) by metathesis from a form *drasl, and, in that case, = and drasla, drassla, , to trail; drag, drasla,, to rush heedlessly (and hastily) along. ,

dralset [dra‘lsət] and more dralsket [dra‘lskət, dräᶅᶊkət], , that moves slowly and lazily. . of,  For the form, , , from *dratt-. See and ,

dramm [dram (dräm)],, tuft of wool, small piece of cloth or string, tied as a mark through a hole, made in horses’ and sheep’s ears. As a mark on a horse, a is attached also to the mane or to the tail . More rarely [dræm]. Really tied mark? Is the same word as drambr,, stub; piece of knotty wool, (E.J.).

dramm [dram],, to tie a mark, , on a horse or on a sheep, to d. a horse, a sheep (a lug).

drang [draŋ],, to tie firmly, draw a knot firmly together, to d. tø [‘to’]. ;  A form with dropped i-mutation. drengja, , to tie (firmly); drengja, , to draw together; tie firmly. See ,, and ,

drasj, drass,, see ,

dratl, drattel [dra$n$təl, dräƫəl, dräitəl], , a slow person who comes lagging behind. See ,

dratl, drattel [dra$i$təl, dräƫəl], ,