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130 bolts, frotts, holks, urikuris (hurikuris), dorts, sulks”, the last two borrowed from and  respectively. — *drumb. See ,

drumb [dromb],, to emit cross ( hollow, drumming) sounds, to talk crossly and unwillingly, said of a peevish person; he twa’rtree [‘two or three’] words ut o’ him. *drumba. drumbemælt, , talking in a hollow voice.

drumbet [drombət],, peevish, that talks crossly and unwillingly, a d. body. , . [dro‘mpəd]:  *drumbóttr. For the see ,

drummer [dromər] and drummi [drom(m)i],, snipe, common snipe, =, . “drummer” sporadically in ; “drummi”: The name is probably due to the bird’s peculiar, bleating cry. “drum” in the bird’s name “rørdrum” (ardea stellaris, botaurus vulgaris), likewise from the bird’s cry; drum,, a hollow sound; song; booming or drumming sound, and drum,, hollow; booming, of sound; drum,

drummer [dromər] -bee,, a honey-bee, bumble-bee, a drone. Named after the insect’s humming sound, like “drone”. See and ,

drums [dro‘ms],, 1) gloomy, peevish mood; what set dee [‘you’] in sicc [‘such’] a d.? 2) gruff, peevish person.,  [dro‘mps], noted down in, is rather connected with, , as a form of the latter. — *drums; drumsen,, languid; disinclined. The word, in its meaning, almost assimilates to ,

drums [dro‘ms],, to be peevish; to sulk; what are ye aboot? , See ,

drumset [dro‘msət],, sulking; peevish; morose.,  drum - sen, , languid; disinclined (R.). is somewhat more closely allied in meaning to the word.

drumsket [dro‘mskət] and dromsket [drȯ‘mskət],, out of sorts; in a gloomy, peevish mood. See and ,

drung [droŋ],, troublesome; heavy: a) difficult to force onward, of a boat difficult to row: a d. boat; b) in a wider sense: fatiguing; heavy, of work: heavy d. wark [‘work’]. þrǫngr,, narrow; pressed, really and in the same sense as, which can be observed from the verbs þryngva and þrǫngva, to push; press; to move in a certain direction by pressure; to force,  trong,, a) narrow; b) difficult; troublesome. For the change þ > d in see Introd. V. (also N.Spr. VII), § 36.

drung [droŋ],, to draw firmly together; to "tie fast, to d. tø [‘to’]. (Clumlie). Most  to be considered as a parallel form to the verbs  and, , though the word may also be explained from  þryngva or prǫngva, , to push; press — see ,

drup [drūp],, to stoop; bend; lean over; de wa’ [‘wall’] to dis [‘this’] side. drúpa, , to lean over; droop.

drupinsløbi [drū·pɩnslø̄·bi],, a person with a hanging under-lip ($2$, ), a peevish-looking person; grumbler. See, , and ,

drupsagi, -sjagi [drup·ᶊā··gi], , 1) quite exhausted. 2) in a gloomy, depressed mood; sad; disheartened. 3) disagreeably rainy, of weather; a d. day, a dull, rainy day. Also [trup·ᶊā··gi] . The first part of the  is doubtless the above-mentioned  ( drúpa, , to droop, to hang one’s head). The second part,, , may