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†dwimmis [dwɩmɩᶊ],, to dwindle; of an object: to diminish; to taper. A mingling of “dwine” and “diminish”?

dwo,, see ,

dwog [dwō$ə$g],, 1) mud; mire; (small) puddle; a dirty place. 2) a dirty streak on clothes, streak which cannot be washed out; dirty on claes [‘clothes’]. — from an old *þvag;  þvag, and tvag,, (strong) washing-lye, urine. The word has had a wider root-meaning, such as mud; moisture;  tvaga and tvagla,, to soil; splash; go about in wet or storm, ( tvassa,, to go plashing in mud, doubtless for *tvagsa). *þvag > would be a regular development of sound in —  2 is doubtless a later development of the meaning of 1.

dwolos, dwo-less,, see , -less.

dæsket [dǣskət],, see.

dø [dø̄],, a miry place; swamp; bog; de coo [‘cow’] is gane [‘gone’] i’ de. In place-names also [dō]. dý,, mire. See ,

døll [døl],, to hang dangling. Parallel form to ,

dølos, dø-less [dø̄ləs, dø̄lɛs, dø̄$l$-], , lazy; inactive; unwilling to work. More rarely, less [dūt$ə$s, dūles]:  may originate from an old *dygð(ar)lauss; dygðarlauss,, incapable; useless, from dygð,, virtue; strength; good quality.  springs from a *duglauss; duglauss,  duglaus, , weak; incapable. — , , differ somewhat in meaning from [ dáðlauss], which denotes lack of ability, while the words first mentioned denote lack of will.

dœmi; now only preserved in the form, used adverbially; see the word.
 * døm [døm],, an example,

døms [døms], a-døms [adøms·], an adverbial, as, for example; o’ mysell [‘-self’]. .  of an  substantive til: to. dœmi,, an example, that by which a statement is proved; til dœmis, in proof of, for example.
 * , with dropped

, the door ( form): also handed down in the form * [dȯᶇa]. Only reported in the now : d.! open the door! dyrnar, form of dyrr,  , door.
 * dønna [døᶇa] and *dønni [døᶇɩ],

dørk [dø‘rk],, to hold out; to continue one’s work or project as long as possible, in the phrase “to d. him, d. him ut”, = to ut ( dre, dree, drey). also [dȯ‘rk]. Examples: we him ut; he’s a  [‘bad’] night for gaun [‘going’] to Skaw , but we’re “strong inside” (= have got a good dram), so we can d. him a while; he’s eased noo [‘now’], so we’ll d. him a while, the tide is slackening, so we will continue fishing a while; dey’re him weel [‘well’] ut de day [‘to-day’], they are staying long to-day on the fishing-grounds in spite of the bad weather.  for drýgja,, to make to keep longer (drjúgr), to augment, ( drygja). See *,
 * from an older *;

dørkable [dø‘r··kab·əl] and dorkable [dȯ‘r··kab·əl],, usable; serviceable (in carrying out a work or project); of weather: d. wadder; he is gaun [‘going’] to be a d. day, it will surely be a fairly good day