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Rh from the root *dratt- (of something clumsy) and the same word as — or cognate with — drǫttr,, indicating a rude person. the words as well as *.

droits,, see ,

droitsi,, see ,

droitslengi,, see.

droll [drȯᶅ],, hesitation; slowness in movement. ; droll,, delay; loitering (B.H.). is also used in the sense of slow or drawling speech, “der’r a queer d. upon him” — certainly through of  drawl; de(r) wer a queer d. upon him.

droll [drȯᶅ],, to move indolently and heavily, of a slovenly person; to geng. ; drolla,, to dawdle (B.H.). has been influenced by drawl,, in the sense of to talk drawlingly. ,, and ,

drollet [drȯᶅət],, that dawdles, negligent and dilatory ; negligent, untidy. Also [drȯᶅi]. of, , but merges partly into ,

drollslaget,, see.

drolsket [drȯ‘lskət, drȯ‘ᶅᶊkət], , slow; lounging; dilatory. and [drȯ‘lskət, drȯ‘ᶅᶊkət]. [drȯ‘lskət]. a parallel form to, ; In “drolsket” and “dralsket” alternate in the same sense.

drolt, and, see , and

droltet,, see.

drolti [drȯ‘ᶅti],, a nickname for a clumsy being with heavy movements, a stubborn horse. The word was used by fishermen as a tabu-name (sea-term) for a codfish. *drult-. See further and

dromsket,, see ,

in the sea; hardly used now except as a place-name, thus: de (two rocks in St. Magnus’ Bay, ). Edm. has “drong” as a common noun. drangr,, a pointed rock. ,, as the name generally used of a rock in the sea.
 * drong [dråŋ],, a high rock

dronj [drȯᶇ] and more : droin [drȯin (drɔin, dråin)],, 1) (to low), to emit a hollow, prolonged sound; of cows: to low softly, prolonging the sound (as cows do sometimes for fodder). Also [drøn], [drøᶇ] and, [drȯ$n$nd, drȯᶇd]. drøn: drønj:  drond, droind:  and  2) to speak slowly and drawlingly; [(drȯᶇ) drȯin]. 3) to growl, speaking in a low voice, incoherently; also to speak crossly in a low voice; muttering in a cross tone; ; ; ; drɔin: drȯin:, ,  4) to drone; buzz, of insects, of bees, wasps; de bee is [drȯinɩn] (droning voice, to  a tune (, , : drȯin. : drɔin). —, and drynja,  dryna (drönja, dröna),  drynne, drøn(n)e, , to low softly, prolonging the sound,  of cows; also (as in  and ) to mumble; to speak indistinctly, mutter, growl. — , , are rarely found as substantives; see ,
 * ). 5) to hum a tune in a

dronjer [drȯᶇər],, fishermen’s tabu-name (sea-term) for a cow. , ,,  also [drȯᶇ··asi·]. “dronjasi” and “dronjesi [drȯᶇ··əsi·]” are also sometimes used as tabu-names for pig. — see,  is formed on the analogy of words ending in -.
 * from an older *drynjari;

dronjet [drȯᶇət] and droinet [drȯinət], , that speaks slowly and