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(Fe.), a useless person, is prob. L.Sc. “deam”, contemptuous term for a girl.

dimm [dɩm], vb., to make or grow (somewhat) dark; to grow dusk, he’s dimmin, the darkness (the twilight) is falling. O.N. dimma, vb., to make dark; grow dusk. — dimm [dɩm], adj., somewhat dark, O.N. dimmr, assimilates to Eng. dim.

dimma, sb., dimmek, sb. and dimmer, sb., see dimm, sb.

dimmer [dɩmər], vb., to darken, become nightfall = dimm, vb. “he dimmers doon de night.” Fe^w. For the final r cf. dimmer, sb., darkness, domra², sb., fog, and poss. “dermin-faced (*demrin-faced?).”

dimm [dɩm]-hail, sb., successful haul of fish on a midsummer-night (dimm); also of a good catch, good profit in general. L.Sc. and Shetl. hail, sb., = Eng. haul.

dimmodali [dɩm·odā·li], sb., in the phrase “du’s been dee a d., you have been long (a good while) away. Sa. From an older *dimm-ok-dagali? See further under dimm, sb., and dagalien, sb. Poss. influenced by dali, vb.

dimmriv [dɩm·rɩv·], sb., dawn in summer; also “dimm-rivin”’. From dimm, sb., dusk, and riv, sb., clearing up; cf. No. riva, Fær. ríva, vb., to tear, of weather: to clear up.

dimmset [dɩm·sɛt·], sb., nightfall in summer, the beginning of midsummer-night (Fe.). dimm, sb., and set, sb., transferred from “day-set” (O.N. dagsetr, n., the close of day, sunset, see dag¹).

dims, sb., see dimska, sb.

dimska [de‘mska, də‘mska], sb., fog, bank of fog (in the distance), line of fog; der’r a d. upo (ower) de land, alang de horizon; misty vapour; der’r a d. gaun [‘going’] ut fae (frae) de sea; a d. i’ (upo) de sea. Also dimsk [de‘msk, də‘msk].

S.Sh. — dims [(de‘ms) də‘ms], light covering of clouds, haze; may be either an abbr. of dimska or derivative of *dism(a) with a later metathesis of sm to ms; No. disma, f., dism, n., light fog, heat-haze, haze (Fær. dism, n., dust).

din [dɩn], sb. and vb., see don.

*din, pron., see under du, pron.

dines-pit, sb., see dien, sb.

ding [dɩŋ], sb., proud, somewhat arrogant gait and bearing, tossing one’s head and swinging one’s body when walking; der’r a d. upo dee de day [‘to-day’]. Fe. *ding-. Prob. to be classed with the foll. derived word dingel, vb.

dingel [dɩŋgəl, deŋgəl], vb., to dangle; swing; to be shaken to and fro; also to walk waveringly, swingingly; to potter aimlessly about with various trifles, to geng dinglin (aboot). Comm. dinkel [de‘ŋkəl], to geng dinklin (pottering) aboot de hoose: Du. *dingla.

†dinol (?de-nol) [dinōl·], vb., to crush; smash to pieces. Sa.

dintel-rivlin [də‘ntəl-rɩvlɩn], sb., a brogue, rivlin, made of particularly thick, tanned hide. Du. With dintel cf. No. dynta, adj., thick; stout; corpulent, and duntul, m., small bundle.

dintel [de‘ntəl, dʌ‘ntəl]-tree, sb. = settin-tree: a dibble. Uⁿ. dintel prob. from *dynt-; O.N. and Mod. Icel. dyntr, m., a push; thump; dint, with the deriv. “dyntill”, m.; Eng. dint, sb., id. No. duntul, “duntedl”, m., pestle; churn-staff (R., doubtful).

dip [dɩp], vb., is Eng. dip, but sometimes used with following refl. or pers. pron. in acc. in the sense of to bend oneself; sit down for a moment; dip dee doon! In a similar sense No. dyppa (duppa), duva, vb.

dird [dɩrd], sb., feverish haste; der’r a d. upo dee de day [‘to-day’]. Uⁿ. Doubtless to be classed with