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djarf [dᶎa‘rf], adj., (bold,) hardy; fearless; esp. not afraid the dark. Parallel form: tjarf [tᶊa‘rf] (Wh., etc.), by hardening of dj to tj. djarfi [dᶎa‘rfi]: Fo. occas. — Sometimes used as a substantive: a djarf (tjarf), a bold person (not afraid the dark). — O.N. djarfr, adj., hardy; bold; courageous.

djeld, sb., see under deld, sb.

djimp, sb., see dump, sb.

djimp [dᶎɩ‘mp], vb., to pound, thrust or press down; to stamp, trample down, to d. doon [‘down’]. Wests. (Sa.). Hardly direct from Eng. jump, because some of the senses, in which djimp is used, deviate too widely; poss. an orig. *dimp and the same word as Sw. dial. dimpa, vb., to fall down heavily; also to thump; pound (dompa, dimpa); O.N. dumpa, vb., to beat; pound. For a development of sound di- > dji [dᶎɩ]- in Shetl. see e.g. digel (djigel), vb., and dikel (djikel), sb. and vb. djimp may have been affected by Eng. jump. — gimp, vb., differs from the word here treated.

djolg, djolger (djölger), sb., see gjolg, gjolger (gjölger), sb.

djolk [dᶎå‘lk], vb., see dalk, vb.

djoll [dᶎȯl], sb., lump; thick, round figure, e.g. a d. o’ a ox, a stubby ox (Du.), a d. o’ wood, a shapeless piece of wood (L.). djoll prob. for *doll, *dolj [*dȯᶅ] from *dull-. Cf. No. dall, m., dalla and dulla, f., a lump; round figure.

*djordafill [djȯr··dafɩl·], sb., noted down in the foll. phrase: “du’s made a d. o’ yon ane (yon corn-sheaf)”, you have made that sheaf much too large. Conn. Compounded word. Etym. uncertain.

djub [dᶎūb] and more rarely djup [dᶎup], sb., depth; depths of the sea; deep morass, a deep d.; a blue d., a very deep place in the sea, = O.N. bládjúp, n., "bottomless depth

in the sea” (Fr.). djub: comm. djup: U. In a few places (Wh.): tjub [tᶊūb, tᶊô^əb]. In Fo. “de djub” is preserved as the fishermen’s tabu-name (sea-term) for the ocean; the sea, esp. for deep-sea fishing-grounds. In Wh. tjub [tᶊô^əb] is occas. used of a muddy hollow in the sea-bottom, a spot where little or no fish is to be had; dey were fa’en [‘fallen’] intill a tjub or guttery (muddy) hole. — O.N. djúp, n., depth; depths of the sea; in poetry also ocean.

djubek [dᶎobək], sb., a small, undeveloped ling (fish). Fo. Prob. a deriv. (*dýpingr, *djúpingr) from O.N. djúp, n., Shetl. djub, sb., depths of the sea.

djur¹ [dᶎūr, dᶎū^ər], sb., animal; head of cattle; I ha’e no a d., I do not own a single beast. a auld d., an old ewe (Conn.). In Du. esp. of a horse. Pl. djurs, cattle, esp. cattle kept in the out-field. Sometimes “de djurs” means the horses, the horses in the out-field, in contrast to “de baess”, the cows, the cattle, djúr or *djór. Norse djúr = dýr, n., an animal; Fær. djór, Sw. djur.

djur² [dᶎū^ər], sb., "brick”, excellent fellow, etc., ironically in address to persons. Uⁿ. A mingling of djur¹ [djúr, *djór], animal; beast, and either ON. dýrr, adj., dear; valuable; costly, or a substantive prefixed by “dýr-” (O.N. dýrgripr, m., treasure, Icel. dýrmenni, n., an excellent man)?

djutt [dᶎut], vb., to walk slowly with heavy steps, to tramp, to geng djuttin ower de face o’ de eart’. Du. No. dutta (dytta), vb., to stamp, Sw. dial. dutta, vb., to touch; nudge gently.

do [dō (dɔ̄)], sb., strength; energy; activity and perseverance in working; der’r nae [‘no’] do in him. Also sometimes of objects: solidity; durability; quality; der’r nae do in (atill)