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dummi [dom(m)i], adj., deaf, hard of hearing, d. i’ de lugs; uncomm. O.N. dumbr, dumbi, adj.; dumb, originally prob. in a wider sense which can be deduced from the meanings preserved in the present Northern dialects; Fær. dumbur (dummur) and No. dumm, a) mute; b) deaf and dumb, in No. also inter alia, of sound: dull; faint, No. dumhøyrd, somewhat deaf; Sw. dial. dumm, drowsy; cf. also older Ger. dumm, deaf. — Shetl. dummi is also found in a more modern sense, stupid (Ger. dumm); a d. fellow (N.Roe).

dump [do‘mp], sb., a thump; fall; a d. i’ de sea, commotion in the sea, = a tump [to‘mp] i’ de sea. No. dump, m., a fall; precipitation; O.N. dumpa, vb., to thump. — djimp [dᶎɩ‘mp] (for *dimp?), of rough sea, esp. with short, choppy waves, a dj. i’ de sea, is possibly a parallel form to dump, sb.; also agitated sea of this kind, a dj. o’ a sea. It is hardly directly Eng. jump, with which djimp doubtless is mingled. See further under djimp, vb.

dump [do‘mp], vb., to thump; push, O.N. dumpa.

*dumra (dwmra), sb., see *domra¹.

dumsket, adj., see domsket.

dun¹ [dūn, dun], sb., down, the undermost fine, soft plumage of birds. O.N. dúnn, m., down, sb.

dun² [dun], sb., fine dust, esp. adhesive meal-dust (in grinding corn), = don¹ 1. See further don¹, sb.

dunder [dondər], and more comm. donder [dȯndər (dɔndər)], sb., a rumbling sound. No. dunder, m., id. — Dondri [dȯndri, dȯn··dəri·] is the name of a waterfall in “Gilla burn” in Wd.

dunder [dondər], and more comm. donder [dȯndər (dɔndər)], vb., to rumble; crash. No. and Fær. dundra, vb., id.

dungel [doŋgəl] and dongel [dɔŋ-

gel], sb., a lump; clod, sometimes:

a) a clod of earth, = bungel, sometimes: b) a barley- or oat-cake, esp. a lump of dough for such a cake, unbaked “brøni”; a bursten-d. (see bursten, sb.). Nm. A form dunglin [doŋlin, doŋlɩn] is reported from Uⁿ. in sense of “bursten-brøni”, a cake (brøni) made of bursten. — Prob. a dim. deriv. of *dung-; No. dunge, Fær. dungi, m., a heap; pile.

dungel [doŋgəl], vb., to pelt with clods of earth, dungels. From dungel, sb. Cf bungel, vb.

dunger [dongər], sb., formation of misty clouds, covering the hill-tops; der’r a d. lyin’ ower [‘over’] de land. Wh. Cf. Sw. dial. dungen, adj., a parallel form to “dunken”, damp; Da. dyng- in “dyngvaad”, drenched. Forms with a k, such as dunker, dunka, dunk, q.v., are more comm. in Shetl. than dunger.

dunglaberri [doŋ··glabær·i], sb., a lump of dough, leaven, for making a cake (esp. a barley- or oat-cake, brøni). Yⁿ. The first part of the compd. is dungel, sb., q.v.; the second part is Eng. berry, sb., applied in sense of a lump? orig. perhaps another word, merged with “berry” (perhaps Fær. pirra, f., a small object, steinpirra, a small stone).

dunk, dunka, dunker [do‘ŋk, -a, -ar], sb., mist or haze; drizzle. The diff. forms are noted down in the foll. places with various applications: a) damp fog, drizzle; dunker, night-dunker (Nm.), night-mist; de night-d. is comin’ doon (N.Roe); a dunk (a little rain) ut o’ de mist (Fo.); a dense drizzle, dunker (Y.; Nm.); b) very dense haze, dunker (Fe.); c) dunka: tabu-word, used by fishermen at sea of rain; Fo. *dunk-. No. and Sw. dial. dunken, adj., damp (muggy, mouldy). Cf. dunger, sb.

dunker [do‘ŋkər], sb., a vessel (wooden vessel, made of staves),