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Rh be saggjen,, a) heavy; indolent; slow ( “sagd”, , exhausted from weariness or disgust); b) thoroughly moist; heavy from dampness;  saggi,, dampness, söggur,, damp, ,, In. 1 the last part, however, might equally well be derived from $2$ [ᶊāg], , to exhaust, from *þjaka. In. 3 there is influence from *drjúp- ( drjúpa,, to drip).

drus [drus],, a person who works well and energetically, is active and energetic in carrying out manual work, a d. o’ a hand. drusen,, fearless; energetic, from drusa,, to push forward, active person, (R.).
 * drys, drysja,, a quick,

drusel$1$ [drusəl],, to chase; to drive away in a harsh manner; boy, d. awa [‘away’] yon [‘that’] swine! ; d. him (de horse) op [‘up’]! in ploughing: drive it (the horse) along; make it go quicker!. , *drusla, a  of *drusa; drusa,, to push forward.

drusel$n$ [drusəl (drosəl), drūsəl], , 1) to sprinkle, to sprinkle some salt on fish, to d. saut [‘salt’] on fish, to d. herring(s);  [drusəl, drosəl]. 2) to drench; soak; he cam’ in  [drūsəlt], drenched to the skin. drusla, , to sprinkle (drizzle); to strew. ,

druslin [druslin],, driving away; to gi’e ane a d., to chase or drive one away in a harsh manner. , From $2$,

drøbi [drø̄bi], and, I) , a dilatory, slovenly person with a peevish expression. II) , dilatory (slovenly); peevish, a d. body. Doubtless to be classed with drúpa,, to droop one’s head from grief, but assimilates to the ,

drøbset [drøbsət],, slow; slovenly; also surly-looking, d.-lookin’. *dryps-? Somewhat like drupsen,, spilling ( drupsa, drypsa, , to spill; waste). Assimilates in meaning to.

abundant; large, only preserved in fishermen’s tabu- at sea; to de ower [‘too’] d., to cut the bait into too large pieces, in the : sníða niðrburðinn of drjúgan. drjúgr,, substantial; abundant; that is sufficient or lasts long. ,
 * drøg [drø̄g],, substantial;

drøl [(drø̄l) drø̄$1$l, drøl],, to dawdle; move indolently and clumsily; to walk slowly or feebly, to geng ., [(drø̄l) drø̄$mo$l]. [drøl]. In  of a slovenly person. Also sometimes =, , to dangle behind (M$mo$.: drøl with a short ø-sound). — draula, dryla and drøla,, to bear oneself indolently and stupidly; to loiter; idle,
 * drula, drøla.

drøleks [drø$w$ləks],, sour (whey mixed with water) in which particles of the separated curds are floating. for * or *, and, in that case, the same word as drafli,, boiled milk in which the curd has separated from the whey. In, dravle (= drafli) may also mean curd floating on the surface of the whey, boiled after the actual cheese-making (R.). For the vowel-sound ø in the word, drøvla, drøvle = dravla, , to idle; and drövla = dravla, , to idle; tattle. — From is reported [drø̄$ə$li],  , and [drø̄$ə$lins], , in sense of turbid liquid,  a) dirty water, manure-water, and b) sediment, dregs. This word may be the same as with reference to the root-meaning of “drafl” 9*