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darl, darrel [darəl], sb., caudal vertebra, the hindmost dorsal vertebra of an animal. Du. (Irel.). Also dorl, dorrel [dårəl]: Papa St. *darl, something rocking or loose. No. darre, m., pivot; vertebra of the neck; the first joint in the spinal column; No. darl, m., something trembling and dangling. See derl, derrel, sb.

darr [dar(r)], vb., to poke the fire too much, and thus spoil it, to d. i’ fire; often used actively, thus: to d. ut de fire; du’s darrin ut de fire. N. No. (and Sw.) dadra, darra, vb. (vb. n.), to quiver; tremble; bob up and down (repeatedly). — Cf. dar, vb., and derg, vb.

darri-inkel [dar·i-ɩ‘ŋ··kəl], vb., 1) vb. n., to walk with a lurch. 2) vb. a., to set in an untidy, zigzag manner, e.g. at the setting out of a fishing-line (long-line) into the water. Br. Compound word. The first part darri- is probably No. darra (darla), vb., to shake; to dangle; the second part -inkel is probably No. hingla, vb., parallel form to “hangla”, to dangle; balance, etc. The acceptance of *dingla would raise phonetic difficulties in regard to the dropping of the initial d.

darro [daro], sb. and vb., see dorro, sb. and vb.

dart [da‘rt], vb., to raise the foot and set it down again hard, to stamp, comm. with the word “foot” as object; to d. de feet, to stamp with the feet, to stamp along; to d. de foot, to stamp with the foot, I darted my foot at him. *darta. No. darta, vb., to trip; Sw. dial. (Gothlandic) därrtä, to step cautiously; Fær. darta, vb., to be in constant motion. Cf. Icel. dark, n., heavy gait, and darka, vb., a) to walk heavily; b) to walk quickly and carelessly. See dert, sb., dertek, sb., and dird, vb.

dask [dask], sb., thickness; misty clouds; dense haze, a lump o’ d.; of fog when lowering: he’s comin’

(comin’ doon) a d.; a d. ower (on) de land. Also used of damp, drizzly fog, almost = dunk(-a). Fo. Cf. No. dasken, adj., damp, wet and heavy. The word is prob. cognate with *dusk, Eng. dusk; see duska, sb.

dasket [daskət], adj., exhausted; worn out. Prop. a perf. part. *daskaðr, of a lost *daska, vb. O.N. dasask, vb., to be exhausted by worry; to be powerless, faint (No. dasa, to grow faint; Sw. dial. dasa, Da. dase, to drowse; to idle). For the derivative ending cf. No. dasken, adj., in sense of limp from over-exertion. — The word is also found in the forms desket [dɛskət, dæskət], comm., and dæsket [dǣskət], which might either be later developed forms of pronunc. of dasket, or deriv. of O.N. dæsa(sk), vb., parallel form to “dasa(sk)”; No. dæsa, vb., = dasa.

dat [dat], dem. pron., neut., that (O.N. þat), is used as the def. art. in the Shetl. phrase, handed down from O.N.: “wi’ d. sam’”, at once; at the same moment; immediately (Y^h.), = Fær. við tað sama. See de, pron.

dava [dāva], sb., a porridge-like substance resulting from the unsuccessful churning of milk, when the butter is either not at all or only partially separated from the milk; whey in which particles of the curd are floating. Wests. daba [dāba]: Uⁿ. dava must be classed with O.N. dafi = dapi, m., puddle; No. dave = dape with the deriv. depel, puddle; small portion of liquid (e.g. in a vessel). daba is doubtless O.N. dapi.

daver [dāvər], vb., 1) vb. n., to abate; diminish: a) of wind; de wind daverd; b) of anger; hot temper; he daverd, he quietened down. 2) vb. a., to calm; quieten; to calm a person who is in a temper; I daverd him. Wests. (St.). *dafra; No. davra and davrast, vb., to calm; to diminish, of storm, passion, illness, da-