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Wests. (Sa.). No. driplutt, droplutt, adj., variegated; having small dots. Cf. dripl, sb., and dripl, vb.

drisel [dris^əl, drisəl], vb., to dip clothes; in washing, to put clothes into water and take them out again, to d. claes [‘clothes’]. Sa. No. drisla and drysla, vb., to sprinkle; “drisla” is really the same word as Eng. drizzle, vb. Cf. drusel, vb.

drit [drit, drɩt], sb., excrement. O.N. drit, n., id.

drit [drit], vb., to evacuate; cacare, = O.N. dríta. Now generally with anglicised pronunc. “drite [dräit]” like L.Sc. — Impf. dret [drɛt], = O.N. dreit, and perf. part. dritten [drɩtən] = O.N. dritinn, are preserved in Shetl. as remains of the old inflextion of the verb.

dritl, dritel [dr^əitəl, dr^əiƫəl; dr^eɩtəl; drɩtəl, dretəl, drətəl], sb., 1) a person who walks slowly; U. [dr^əitəl, dr^əiƫəl]; Du. [drɩtəl, drətəl], 2) a person busying himself with some work without really doing anything; Fe. [dr^eɩtəl]. 3) an awkward person who spills anything he is carrying; Du. [drɩtəl, drətəl]. See dritl, vb.

dritl, dritel [dr^əitəl, dr^əiƫəl; dr^eɩtəl; drɩtəl, drətəl], vb., I) vb. n., 1) to walk slowly, = dratl, drattel, vb.; to geng dritlin [dr^əiƫᶅɩn: U^mo.]; U^s. [dr^əitəl, dr^əiƫəl]; Du. [drɩtəl, drətəl]. 2) to trifle with some work without really doing anything; to d. aboot; Fe. [dr^eɩtəl]. II) vb. a., to drop or spill from what one is carrying in an awkward manner; Du. [drɩtəl, drətəl]. — For dridl [drɩdəl], which is another form of dritl with somewhat deviating meaning, see dredl, vb. — No. dritla, vb., to walk slowly, draggingsomething (R., doubtful); L.Sc. driddle, vb., to move slowly, to work without progress; also to spill from carelessness.

dritlet [dr^əitlət, dr^eɩtlət, drɩtlət, dretlət, drətlət], adj., 1) having a slow

gait. 2) trifling with any work without really doing anything. 3) awkward and spilling what one is carrying; a d. body. See further dritl, vb.

drits [drɩts, drɩtᶊ, dretᶊ], I) vb. n.: 1) to move slowly, to come trailing behind, to d. ahint [‘behind’], to geng (come) dritsin. Y. and Fe. Wests. 2) to be dragged or trailed behind; to hang too low on one’s back, e.g. of a straw-basket; de kessi (the basket) is dritsin doon [‘down’] ower dee [‘you’]; N.Roe. II) vb. a.: to drag, carry something so that it trails behind, or hangs too low on one’s back, to geng dritsin de kessi (N.Roe). — Parallel form to drats, vb.; q.v. Cf. L.Sc. dretch, vb., to loiter, which doubtless has influenced the form of the Shetl. word.

dritten [drɩtən], adj., paltry; mean; contemptible, a d. body. Prop. perf. part. of drit, vb.; q.v.

drittslengi [drɩt·ᶊlɛŋ··gi], sb., heavy swell in the sea; high, running sea; succession of such waves. Yⁿ. The first part of the compd. is poss. Fær. dritt (drift)- in “drittingur (driftingur)”, m., heavy swell; agitated sea, esp. in the pl. (F.F.S.); really, swing; agitation; drive (Fær. dritta, vb., to swing; No. dryfta, vb., to shake or move up and down; to winnow). The second part is slengi, sb., a great billow, swell (No. sleng, m., swing; roll; drive). The word drottslengi, sb., q.v., differs from drittslengi.

driv¹ [drɩv], sb., 1) a light, passing shower. 2) a drizzle, a d. o’ weet [‘wet’]. Wests. O.N. drif, n., drift; spray (that which drives or is driven through the air); Fær. driv, Sw. dial. driv, drev, n., drizzle. Cf. the derived No. drivla, vb., to drizzle.

driv² [drəv], sb., hurry; agitated haste; excitement; to be in a d., a) to hurry; b) to be excited. Du. Cf. No. driva, f., (propulsion; drift) great