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Rh,  —  from ,

†drow [drɔu],, one of the “Good People”;, , gnomes; trolls. Parallel form to the and more usual, , by blending with draugr (dead man, ghost),  draug,  In  “drow, trow” is used to denote the devil. “trow” is

druf [drof] and drof [drȯf],, a heavy, indolent person. *druf-. a) dryvja,, a stout woman ( of *druv-), and b) ,

drufi, drofi [drufi, drofi, drȯfi], , heavy and clumsy.  of, ,

drufs [drofs],, a big, heavy and clumsy person, a d. o’ a body. Also [drɔfs]. drufsa, , a big, clumsy woman ( drufsa,, to wrap oneself up; druffsa, , to jump heavily).

drufs [drofs],, to walk heavily, to stump, to geng. Also [drɔfs]. druffsa, See ,

drufset [drofsət] and drofset [drɔfsət], , big, heavy and clumsy in one’s movements. *drufsóttr. See ,

to drink.  drykkr, , and drykkja,, a drink. The i-mutation is dropped in the -. * (*),
 * drukka [droka],, a drink; something

drukken [dro‘kən],, , drunk, intoxicated, = drukkinn; also : drucken.

druls [dro‘ls],, a lump; bundle, in sense of: 1) a stout, clumsy (awkward) person, = drols,, and drulsa,  2) a person who walks very wearily, a miserable, weak person (with a very bad gait): 3) a gruff, peevish person .  drols, besides de - noting something bulky and clumsy, may also mean a stiff figure.

druls [dro‘ls],, to walk wearily and trudgingly, to geng. See ,

drulset [dro‘lsət],, 1) lumpy; bulky. 2) trudging wearily, a d. body . 3) gruff; peevish ( ). of ,

drult [dro‘lt] and drolt [drɔ‘lt, drȯ‘ᶅt (drɔ̇ᶅt)],, a ponderous, clumsy person with a heavy gait. The form is characteristic of and , but alternates in with [drȯ‘ᶅt], which is commonly used in various places. : drȯ‘ᶅt. and : drȯ‘ᶅt (drɔ̇‘ᶅt). : drɔ‘lt and drȯ‘ᶅt. : dro‘lt and drɔ‘lt. [drȯ‘ᶅt] is reported from in sense of a poor cod; , — drult,, and drulta, , stout, clumsy person.

drult [dro‘lt] and drolt [drɔ‘lt, drȯ‘ᶅt (drɔ̇‘ᶅt)],, to walk heavily and clumsily; to d. like a horse. The distribution of the various forms of in the localities is the same with respect to the verb as to the : see, —  drulta, , to move heavily, with a rolling gait.

drultet [dro‘ᶅtət] and more droltet [drȯ‘ᶅtət],, that moves heavily and clumsily, a d. body. See, and

drumb [dromb],, a person who talks unwillingly and crossly, a morose person. Doubtless of a cross, peevish state of mind, with similar development of meaning as in, In  [dro‘mps] is found in sense of moroseness, peevishness, in the phrase “i’ de ”, morose; peevish; to be regarded as the of *drump for *drumb; see , , under , , and note, with “(i’ de) drumps”, the phrases “(i’ de) 9