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Shetl. slink, vb. — Diff. from drittslengi, sb.

†drow [drɔu], sb., one of the “Good People”; drows, pl., gnomes; trolls. Parallel form to the syn. and more usual trow, sb., poss. by blending with O.N. draugr (dead man, ghost), No. draug, m. In Ork. “drow, trow” is used to denote the devil. “trow” is L.Sc.

druf [drof] and drof [drȯf], sb., a heavy, indolent person. Du. *druf-. Cf. a) No. dryvja, f., a stout woman (deriv. of *druv-), and b) Shetl. drufs, sb.

drufi, drofi [drufi, drofi, drȯfi], adj., heavy and clumsy. Du. Deriv. of druf, drof, sb.

drufs [drofs], sb., a big, heavy and clumsy person, a d. o’ a body. Also drofs [drɔfs]. Ai. Cf. No. drufsa, f., a big, clumsy woman (No. drufsa, vb., to wrap oneself up; Sw. dial. druffsa, vb., to jump heavily).

drufs [drofs], vb., to walk heavily, to stump, to geng drufsin. Also drofs [drɔfs]. Ai. Sw. dial. druffsa, vb. See drufs, sb.

drufset [drofsət] and drofset [drɔfsət], adj., big, heavy and clumsy in one’s movements. *drufsóttr. See drufs, sb.

*drukka [droka], sb., a drink; something to drink. Fo. O.N. drykkr, m., and drykkja, f., a drink. The i-mutation is dropped in the Shetl. drukk-. Cf. *dikk (*drikk), sb.

drukken [dro‘kən], adj., (prop. perf. part.), drunk, intoxicated, = O.N. drukkinn; also L.Sc.: drucken.

druls [dro‘ls], sb., prop. a lump; bundle, comm. in sense of: 1) a stout, clumsy (awkward) person, = No. drols, m., and drulsa, f. 2) a person who walks very wearily, a miserable, weak person (with a very bad gait): Nm. 3) a gruff, peevish person (De.). No. drols, besides de-

noting something bulky and clumsy,

may also mean a stiff figure.

druls [dro‘ls], vb., to walk wearily and trudgingly, to geng drulsin. Nm. See druls, sb.

drulset [dro‘lsət], adj., 1) lumpy; bulky. 2) trudging wearily, a d. body (Nm. occas.). 3) gruff; peevish (De. occas.). Deriv. of druls, sb.

drult [dro‘lt] and drolt [drɔ‘lt, drȯ‘ᶅt (drɔ̇ᶅt)], sb., a ponderous, clumsy person with a heavy gait. The form drult is characteristic of S.Sh. and Wests.^w., but alternates in N.Sh. with drolt [drȯ‘ᶅt], which is commonly used in various places. Nm.: drȯ‘ᶅt. Y. and Fe.: drȯ‘ᶅt (drɔ̇‘ᶅt). U.: drɔ‘lt and drȯ‘ᶅt. Du.: dro‘lt and drɔ‘lt. drolt [drȯ‘ᶅt] is reported from Uⁿ. in sense of a poor cod; cf. drolti, sb. — No. drult, m., and drulta, f., stout, clumsy person.

drult [dro‘lt] and drolt [drɔ‘lt, drȯ‘ᶅt (drɔ̇‘ᶅt)], vb., to walk heavily and clumsily; to d. like a horse. The distribution of the various forms of pronunc. in the diff. localities is the same with respect to the verb as to the subst.: see drult, sb. — No. drulta, vb., to move heavily, with a rolling gait.

drultet [dro‘ᶅtət] and more comm. droltet [drȯ‘ᶅtət], adj., that moves heavily and clumsily, a d. body. See drult, sb. and vb.

drumb [dromb], sb., a person who talks unwillingly and crossly, a morose person. Nm. Doubtless of a cross, peevish state of mind, with similar development of meaning as in drums, sb. In Conn. drumps [dro‘mps] is found in sense of moroseness, peevishness, esp. in the phrase “i’ de drumps”, morose; peevish; prob. to be regarded as the pl. of *drump for *drumb; see drumped, adj. (Conn.), under drumbed^{[errata 1]}, adj., and note, syn. with “(i’ de) drumps”, the pl. phrases “(i’ de)

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1. Correction: drumbed should be amended to drumbet: detail