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sees-to (tu)! looks-to (tu)! look there, there you are! (Conn.); also: “sees-to (tu)-no (nu) [si̇̄s··tȯ-nȯ·]!” nu, no = now. — O.N. þú; No., Sw. and Da. du; Eng. thou. — The obsolete forms dig [dɩg] and dok [dȯk], thee, from O.N. þik (þek), are found preserved in Shetl. in acc. sing. in the verse about the crow and the crab; see Introd., and N.Spr. p. 150. Now generally in acc. sing.: dee (Eng. and L.Sc. thee). In the Foula-ballad du and dogh, doch are found as nom. Cf. *mog (me), 1st pers. sing. acc. — *din is found as gen. sing. of du (Foula-ballad), to din, to thee, O.N. (til: to) þín. Also *din (Foula-ballad and Lord’s Prayer), and neut. *dit or *det (Lord’s Prayer), as a poss. pron. thine, O.N. þínn, þítt. — *di (Foula-ballad), ye, as nom. pl. of du, is also found in addressing an individual. O.N. þér, pl., and þít, dual, ye. Phonetically, Shetl. *di seems most prob. to be developed from the dual-form þit, like Fær. tit, pl., ye, you. — See dor, pron., 2nd pers. (pl.).

du [dū], vb., to “thou” a person, to address one familiarly, to du a body (person). Icel. þúa, No. and Sw. dua, vb., id.

dudla, dudlek, dudlin, sb., see dollek², sb.

duk [dūk, duk], sb., duck; fabric; cloth; now esp. of duck, = L.Sc. doock. In Shetl. the word is found also as a tabu-name (sea-term) in fishermen’s lang. for a sail, boat’s sail. O.N. dúkr, m., duck; cloth; a length of woven stuff.

†duk (dukk) [duk], vb., 1) vb. n., to plunge (under the surface of the water). 2) vb. a., to duck someone, to d. ane. A more recent word. L.Sc. douk, dook, vb. a. and n. No. dukka, vb. n., Da. dukke, dykke, Sw. dyka.

dukki [doki], sb., see dokki, sb.

†dulk [do‘lk], sb., a night-cap. U. Orig. uncertain. Poss. an abbr. form of L.Sc. *dowlcap (cf. to dowlcap, vb., to cover the head. Jam.). O.N. “dul(ar)kufl” and “dulhǫttr” are found in sense of hat or hood used for purposes of disguise (cf. Shetl. dolhoit, sb.).

dullek, sb., see dollek¹, sb.

dulos, du-less, adj., see dølos, dø-less.

dult [do‘lt] and dolt [dɔ‘lt, dȯ‘ᶅt], sb., 1) a thick, heavy lump; lumpy, shapeless object, e.g. an unwieldy stone; Wh. [do‘lt, do‘ᶅt]. 2) a clumsy, heavy person; also stupid, awkward person, a d. o’ a boy; Fe. and Y. [dȯ‘ᶅt]; Nm^w. (Esh.) [dɔ‘lt]. No. dult, dolt, m., a bundle; dulta, f., a corpulent woman. Eng. dolt, sb., L.Sc. dult, sb., a dunce. The Shetl. word is of Norn origin as proved by meaning 1, but poss., in meaning 2, influenced by (Eng. and) L.Sc.

duma, sb., see doma, sb.

dumba [domba] and domba [dȯmba], sb., dust, fine refuse hovering in the air from the winnowing or sifting of corn. O.N. dumba, f., dust, esp. dust resulting from the thrashing of corn.

dumbet [dombət] and more comm. dombet [dȯmbət], adj., 1) applied to colour of cattle, esp. of sheep: somewhat dark, dust-like, grayish; Ai.; Nm.; De. 2) of clothes: shabby, having lost freshness; d.-lookin’ claes [‘clothes’]; Fe. [dȯmbət]. — *dumbóttr. No. dumbutt, adj., dusty; Icel. dumbóttur, adj., dull of colour; of a dusky hue (B.H.).

*dumbvidla [domb··vɩd·la], in the obs. compd. “dea-d.-voga [dɛ̄a domb··vɩd·la vōga]”, sb., Holy Week (the week before Easter Sunday). Fo. O.N. dymbildagavika, f., id. dea and dumbvidla are transposed.

*dumlaw, *dwmlaw, vb., see *domra¹, sb.