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it. Sa., etc. dwo [dwō]: Fo. O.N. dáð, f., (deed,) good capacity, valour. See dolos, do-less, adj.

dod [dɔd (dåd), dɔ̇d], sb., a low soughing sound, caused by the wind through the opening in the roof (as a harbinger of snow), a snawy d. (somewhat weaker than don, sb.). dɔd (dåd): Conn. dɔ̇d: N.I. O.N. þot, n., a howling; soughing; roaring. Cf. tod in brimtod, sb.

dodd¹ [dåd(d)], sb., tuft; tangled lock, a d. o’ hair; Flad., Conn., Sa. No. dodd, m., = dott, m., tuft; wisp; lump; Fær. doddur, m., inter alia: tangled tuft of hair. In the sense of a very large piece (Fo.), dodd is L.Sc. “dawd, daud”, and in the sense of rag, ragged article of dress, it is Eng. “dud”.

†dodd² [dȯd], sb., a broken nail (iron nail). U^mo. O.N. toddi, m., small piece?

dodda [dådda], interj., expressing surprise: bless us! in the expr. oh, d. me! Conn. dátt neut. of O.N. dár, adj., that makes a tremendous impression?

doddel [dȯdəl], sb., a person constantly occupied, esp. with trifles. Y. (Y^m.). Prob.: *dutl. Cf. No. dutta (dytta), vb., to make repeated, slight jerks; to busy oneself with trifles. and dutla, vb., to be busy with trifles; dutlar, m., slow-going person.

doddel [dȯdəl], vb., to be constantly occupied, esp. with trifles. Y. See doddel, sb.

dof [dɔf, dof, dȯf], adj., prop. stale, having lost its strength, esp. in the phrase “d. [dɔf, dof] mould [møld]”, mould, dried in heaps and (mixed with dry manure) used as litter for cows in the byre (Nm.; Fe.). a d. [dȯf] peat, a slow-burning or non-heating piece of peat (Sa.). Cf. No. dovamold, f., loose and barren (“powerless”) mould, with “d. mould”. — In a more comprehensive sense:

dull; inert; silly, dof is L.Sc. dowf, adj. — Cf. doven, adj., and dofen, vb.

dof [dof], sb., = dof mould; a kessi (basket) o’ d. Nm^w. See dof, adj.

dofen [dȯfən], vb., 1) to become slack and feeble (powerless); comm. 2) to abate; calm, of storm, rough weather; he’s dofend i’ de wadder. Conn. O.N. dofna, vb., to become slack and feeble. No. dovna, vb., to calm; abate, etc. See doven, vb.

dofikus [dof··ikus·], sb., a heap, kus, of dried (powerless) mould; Nm. See dof, adj. (dof mould). Cf. møldikjos, sb.

dofnin [dȯfnɩn], sb., calming, abatement of storm and rough weather; he’s a d. i’ de wadder. Conn. From dofen, vb.

*dogen, adj., see *goden.

doger [dōgər], sb., intense anxiety, anxious waiting, e.g. fearing that an accident may have occurred; shø [‘she’] was in a d., she was waiting anxiously. Ai. Poss. arisen from the more common uppadoga [*uppidagaðr] by omission of the first part of the compd., as the phrase “to be in a doger” is syn. with “to be uppadoga”; see further under the latter word. Note, however, No. døger, n., day and night, used in sense of: a) point of time with regard to a certain natural or mystic effect of the time of day; b) spirits; humour, = Sw. dial. döger (O.N. dœgr, m., period of twelve hours).

†doi [dåi], sb., expletive, in the phrase “Doi tak’ dee!” Conn. Really, name for the devil?

doit [dɔi‘t, dåi‘t], sb., a dull, indolent person. O.N. dottr, No. dott, m., a dull, incapable, careless person; L.Sc. doit, sb., a fool; numskull. As the development of sound -ott > -oit is regular in Shetl. Norn (see Introd. V — also N.Spr. VII — § 19), and the foll. doit, vb., as