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122 in constant motion up and down, to and fro (see, and ), when catching coal-fishcoalfish [sic], to d. for, to troll for coalfish. ,, of a hand-line and trolling-line : a small line,, hanging from the sinker. may be a parallel form to, , “draw”; drega,, = draga, to draw; but the word might also be explained as standing for * from an older
 * , dyrgja,, to troll.

dregl,, see ,

dregl,, see ,

drel [drəl],, to have a waving motion, as strips of gossamer (movement in cobweb): de is (see, ). drejla,, of air, heated by the sun: to vibrate; shimmer. $1$ and $1$,

drels [drə‘ls, drə‘lᶊ],, to walk slowly, draggingly and feebly, to geng. [drə‘ls]. [drə‘lᶊ]. The vowel-sound ə is here normalised to e in regard to the ,, which is pronounced “dræ‘ᶅᶊkət”. — Parallel form to, ? May also stand for “*dresl” or “*drisl” by metathesis of s and l;  drösla,, to walk slowly in a dragging manner, drösla,, to be slow and slatternly, drísla (drýsla), , to be dilatory or slow.

drelset [drə‘lsət, drə‘ᶅᶊət], , slow and dragging, that drags itself slowly and feebly along, a d. body. [drə‘lsət]. [drə‘ᶅᶊət]. of drels, (?)  dríslutur (drýslutur),, dilatory; slow.

drelsket [drə‘ᶅᶊkət, dræ‘ᶅᶊkət], , = . See, , for the suffix  and ,

dremm,, see ,

dreng [dræŋ] and dring [dreŋ, drɩŋ], , 1) to draw tight, a knot, to d.,  and “d. ”; dis [‘this’] knot is  at ower [‘too’] hard ; see,  2) to strangle, to (?,  to Edm.). 3) to make it up after a quarrel or disagreement, to ; ; the word has arisen from the root-meaning “to tie”. 4) to recover from sickness, to d., d. ; he’s ,, ,  or   again. — (and ) drengja, , to tie (tight, firmly), to draw together. In meaning 4 of the word, “drengja” and “dragna” seem to mingle; dragna,, to begin to recover (after a severe illness), dragna,, to recover (R. suppl.). For a change -gn > -ng, -nk in Norn see , $s$, ,


 * drengen, *drenger,, see.

drengi [dreŋgi],, sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s language for halibut.   drengr, , man; unmarried man, also a cudgel, in  applied to fish, aaldreng,, a thick, heavy eel (R. and Fr.). — An  form (?) is given by Edm. in the sense of a man, a lad. The word is found in same sense in the (A.L. in Proc.) or (Edm.), really a young, unmarried man, drengr. is the old form in accusative: drenginn; in the old sign r is preserved. The word is proved to be drengr, , as drongur,, an unmarried man, is also found in fishermen’s language as a kind of tabu-name for halibut (Kirkebø).

drentel,, see.

drep(e)l,, see ,.

dretl, dretel [drətəl],, = and, ;  ,

drets,, see.