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with a floating hand-line); No. dyrgja, vb., to hasten; to run to (in Aa., doubtful).

dwarm [dwarm], sb., a very light slumber; a nap; he’s fa’en [‘fallen’] in a d. Fo. In the same sense dwemer [dwəmər]: Du.; I was upon a d. (for *dwerm?). dwarm, in any case, seems to be the same word as No. dorm (durm), m., a nap; light sleep; for the development of sound, cf. dwarg (dwerg), sb., from *dorg, and dwaver, vb., from dover. dwemer is somewhat more uncertain. On Wests. a form dwamer [dwāmər] is found, which appears to be a deriv. of the commonly used dwam [dwām, dwam] in the same sense; the latter is L.Sc. dwaum (dualm, dwalm), sb., a swoon. dwamer might be thought to have arisen from dwarm by metathesis of r and m.

dwarm [dwarm], vb., to doze, to sit dwarmin. Fo. dwemer (from *dwerm?) [dwəmər], to d. ower [‘over’], to fall into a light slumber, Du. Icel., No. and Sw. dial. dorma, vb., to slumber (Lat. dormire, to sleep). For the development of sound, see dwarm, sb. On Wests.: dwamer [dwāmər] is prob. a deriv. of the comm. dwam [dwām, dwam], to d. ower (to fall into a slumber), to sit dwamin — of L.Sc. origin (dualm, dwaum; see under dwarm, sb.). dwamer might, however, also be thought to have arisen from dwarm by metathesis of r and m. Cf. dwaver, vb.

dwars [dwa‘rs], vb., prop. to place (oneself) crosswise or to go crosswise; to take, or give something, a crosswise direction; noted down in the foll. applications: 1) vb. a., in the expr. “to d. de grund [grȯnd, grønd]”, to set the long-line across the fishing-ground (Nm.; De.), really, to go athwart the ground. 2) vb. n., to idle aimlessly about, to geng dwarsin

aboot. Nmⁿ. (N.Roe). — Probably a deriv. of O.N. þverr, adj., crosswise; athwart; cf. O.N. (Icel.) þvera, vb., to give something a crosswise direction, O.N. þverask, vb., to turn athwart, and No. tvera, vb., a) to get oneself in a cross temper; b) to walk aimlessly,first to one side then to the other (R.). — The Shetl. form, ending in s, is most prob. formed on the analogy of the adverb; see dwars, adv. — Fær. tvassa, to go plashing in mud, given under dwog, sb., doubtless differs from the Shetl. dwars, vb. 2.

dwars [dwa‘rs], adv., across; athwart, in a slanting direction or position; de nail is driven in d. (Nm^w.). O.N. þvers, adv., across, in the opposite direction, prop. gen. of the adj. þverr, crosswise.

dwaver [dwāvər], sb., a doze. Fe. Prob. from dover, sb. See dwaver, vb.

dwaver [dwāvər], vb., to take a light sleep; to doze (for a moment), to d. ower. Fe. Prob. from dover, vb., through infl. of dwam, dwamer, vb. For a change o > wa cf. dwarg, sb. and vb., from *dorg.

dwäit [dwäit], dwäita [dwäita], dwäitek [dwäitək], sb., a small, insignificant, weak and stunted being, a d. o’ a ting. Nm. Etym. uncertain.

dwälj [dwäᶅ], vb., to idle away the time; dawdle about, to geng dwäljin aboot. Yⁿ. O.N. dvelja, vb., a) to delay; retard; prolong; b) to linger, loiter, = dveljask. Cf. dagdwälj, vb.

dwemer, sb. and vb., see dwarm, sb. and vb.

dwerg, sb., see dwarg, sb.

dwetl (dwitl), dwetel (dwitel) [dwetəl, dwɩtəl, dwətəl], vb., to wash slightly; rinse (clothes), to d. i’ de water. N.Roe. *þvætla. Fær. tvætla, vb., to wash a few things (fig. to jabber; tattle); O.N. þvætta (from þvá), vb.,