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Rh. driplutt, droplutt, , variegated; having small dots. ,, and ,

drisel [dris$ə$l, drisəl],, to dip clothes; in washing, to put clothes into water and take them out again, to d. claes [‘clothes’]. drisla and drysla,, to sprinkle; “drisla” is really the same word as drizzle, ,

drit [drit, drɩt],, excrement. drit, ,

drit [drit],, to evacuate; cacare, = dríta. Now generally with anglicised “drite [dräit]” like —  dret [drɛt], = dreit, and dritten [drɩtən] = dritinn, are preserved in as remains of the old inflextion of the verb.

dritl, dritel [dr$ə$itəl, dr$ə$iƫəl; dr$e$ɩtəl; drɩtəl, dretəl, drətəl],, 1) a person who walks slowly; [dr$ə$itəl, dr$ə$iƫəl]; [drɩtəl, drətəl], 2) a person busying himself with some work without really doing anything; [dr$e$ɩtəl]. 3) an awkward person who spills anything he is carrying; [drɩtəl, drətəl]. See ,

dritl, dritel [dr$ə$itəl, dr$ə$iƫəl; dr$e$ɩtəl; drɩtəl, drətəl],, I) , 1) to walk slowly, = , , ]; [dr$ə$itəl, dr$mo$iƫəl];  [drɩtəl, drətəl]. 2) to trifle with some work without really doing anything; to d. aboot; [dr$s$ɩtəl]. II)  , to drop or spill from what one is carrying in an awkward manner; [drɩtəl, drətəl]. — For [drɩdəl], which is another form of with somewhat deviating meaning, see , —  dritla,, to walk slowly, draggingsomething (R., doubtful); driddle,, to move slowly, to work without progress; also to spill from carelessness.
 * to geng [dr$ə$iƫᶅɩn:

dritlet [dr$ə$itlət, dr$e$ɩtlət, drɩtlət, dretlət, drətlət],, 1) having a slow gait. 2) trifling with any work without really doing anything. 3) awkward and spilling what one is carrying; a d. body. See further ,

drits [drɩts, drɩtᶊ, dretᶊ], I) : 1) to move slowly, to come trailing behind, to d. ahint [‘behind’], to geng (come). and 2) to be dragged or trailed behind; to hang too low on one’s back, of a straw-basket; de (the basket) is  doon [‘down’] ower dee [‘you’]; . II)  : to drag, carry something so that it trails behind, or hangs too low on one’s back, to geng de kessi . — Parallel form to , loiter, which doubtless has influenced the form of the word.
 * dretch,, to

dritten [drɩtən],, paltry; mean; contemptible, a d. body. of, ;

drittslengi'drittslengi [sic] [drɩt·ᶊlɛŋ··gi],, heavy'' swell in the sea; high, running sea; succession of such waves. The first part of the is  dritt (drift)- in “drittingur (driftingur)”, , heavy swell; agitated sea, in the (F.F.S.); really, swing; agitation; drive ( dritta,, to swing; dryfta, , to shake or move up and down; to winnow). The second part is, , a great billow, swell ( sleng,, swing; roll; drive). The word , ,, differs from.

driv$ə$ [drɩv],, 1) a light, passing shower. 2) a drizzle, a d. o’ weet [‘wet’]. drif,, drift; spray (that which drives or is driven through the air); driv, driv, drev,, drizzle. the derived drivla,, to drizzle.

driv$e$ [drəv],, hurry; agitated haste; excitement; to be in a d., a) to hurry; b) to be excited. driva,, (propulsion; drift) great