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128 drawlingly, a d. body; also slow in movements. *drynjóttr. See ,, , and also ,

dronn [drȯᶇ, drȯ$i$n, drȯin],, the hindmost part of the back of an animal; rump.  drunnur, ,  of  ; dronn,, back.

dronnslingi [drȯ$i$n·sleŋ·gi, drȯᶇ·ᶊleŋ·gi], , lameness in the hindpart of the back in consequence of sturdy; disease in cattle and sheep. Is also called “loop-ill” ( loupin-ill) and “sturdy i’ de back”. seems to be (the hindmost part of the back), mentioned above, and the second part is slyngja,, to Ross inter alia: “disease in goats; perhaps = ” (tullesott = sturdy), can hardly, through of, have arisen as a corrupted form of “draugslag”,, draugslegen, , which, to Ross, indicates the same disease.
 * drunn-slyngja? The first part of the

dronsket,, see ,

dront [drȯ‘ᶇt],, to snuffle; see ,

drosj, dross [drȯᶊ],, drizzle, usually with light wind; rather —, [draᶊ] is found as a parallel form to  in — *drys. See ,

drosj, dross [drȯᶊ],, to drizzle (usually with light wind); he’s ; rather — to sprinkle.
 * drysja; drysja,  drysse, ,

drosji, drossi [drȯᶊi],, moist; rainy, a d. day. Also , [draᶊɩ]. of ,

drotl, drottel [drȯtəl (drȯ$i$təl, drȯƫəl)], , 1) a porridge-like substance, resulting from the unsuccessful churning of butter, where the butter has not, or only to a slight degree, been separated from the milk ( and ); also grain-like  particles floating in the butter-milk after an unsuccessful churning; [drȯtəl];   [drȯtəl, drȯ$i$təl]. 2) thin, unsolidified butter-milk .  [drȯtəl];  [drȯtəl]. 3) a mixture of milk and (whey and water), of butter-milk and, of and “bland”; [drȯ$i$təl, drȯƫəl]. — More rarely , [drɩtəl, drətəl]. —  a disparaging word and cognate with ,    drutle, , in a similar sense to “drite”,  dríta, , cacare; see ,

drotl, drotel [drȯtəl], — 2 and 3; see, , and ,

drots, droits [drȯ$i$ts, drȯ$i$tᶊ, drȯƫᶊ, drȯits, drȯitᶊ],, to walk slowly and heavily, to go or come lagging behind, to geng (come). “drȯits” is peculiar to, the other forms to and  — Parallel form to, ;

drotsi, droitsi [(drȯ$n$tsi) drȯ$i$tᶊi, drȯitsi],, a person who, in walking slowly and draggingly, comes slouching behind. drȯitsi: ; drȯ$i$tᶊi: In   as a derisive epithet, applied to the last person in a string. of, , and a parallel form to, ;

drottslengi, droitslengi [drȯ$n$tᶊlɛŋ·gi, drȯit-],, a bungler, a person who cannot do any work properly. Doubtless a person with very slow movements, who goes (comes) loiteringly, in which case, the first part is an *dratt-;  dratta, , to move heavily and slowly; for the form of the word ,, , from. The second part of the is doubtless to be classed with slenga,, to dangle; idle about, slænge, to fling, but is in meaning more closely allied to slinka, , to idle during work;
 * from “dratta”, as well as