GLOSSARY
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- Dakshin-aranya, 245, Sans. Dakshin=Lat. dexter, right hand, and aranya, forest, jungle. The priests, worshipping the dawn in the East, had the Deccan on the right hand, hence its name, the southern forest
- Dang, 153, No.; Ic. dengja, to hammer; "a hard blow: to knock, bang."—E. E. D. Var. dung, "Ne ver (true) man shall hae the door dung in's schafts that wud be in."—"Kirk Records," 17th c. See ding and on-ding
- Dapper, 192; Du. dapper, Ger. tapfer, brave, sturdy; Dopper Boer
- Daps, 114, var. of dabs, small flounders
- Darg, 105, No. for day-wark, a job or fixed task.—E. E. D.
- Darn, 101, Am., dash, Eng.
- Daur, 25, 249, Go. door, pl. daurons
- Dauthi-dedeina, 37, Go. dauth-s, dead; in Sc. a noun, e. g. to the deid. Dedeina is here the 3rd pl. affix of the past conjunctive of the weak verb dauthjan, to kill.
- Daver, 102, stun, stupefy, stagger, for doaver, to be in a dose. O. N. dofna, Go. daubna, to become heavy, dover, to fall into a light slumber.—E. D. D. This is the usual Fife form. The daver of E. D. D. is unknown
- Daw, 136, as lazy, idle; not in Jam. "A workin' mither maks a daw dochter."—Prov. (J. B. F.) See dilly-daw
- †Dawtet, dawtie, 69, a darling, pet, petted; daut, to make much of. "Etym. unknown; conn. with dote excluded."—N. E. D.
- Deaded (me) it, 37, nursery grammar
- Deal, dealsman, 32, Go. ga-dailans. Ger. Teil, E. deal, dole
- Deas, 155, Ab. dais or settle
- Decreet, 72, Sc. law
- Dee, 39, Ir. for the
- Deef nits, 168, deaf nuts
- Deeple, 147, Mo. var. of dimple, dunt and dent; cf. Ger. Dumpfel, a pool.—N. E. D. Eng. dibble, not in E. E. D.="settin plants on the Sabbath, a devill in his hand."—"Elgin Records," 1648
- Deetin, 181, Cu., var. of Sc. dichtin
- Definite article, 45
- Deid, 37, dead, n. and v.: verb dee. O. E. déad, Du. dood, Ger. todt, O. N. dauthr, Go. dauths; afdauthjan, to put to death; "would be the deid of his wyfe."—"Elgin Records, 1699"
- Deid sweer, 137, extremely lazy, absolutely unwilling; sweer, Ger. schwer, heavy
- "Deil hait," 12, 138. Jam. hate, hait, haid, a whit, atom. Ic. haete, a particle. "The Deil haid ails you," replied James, "ye canna abide ony to be abune you."—M'Crie's "Knox." This quotation scarcely bears out the alternative explanation "Deil hae'd" (have it)
- Delate, 72, Sc. law
- Delude, 84, for dilute (malap.)
- Demonstratives, 45
- Dentals slurred, 83, 111, 178, 216
- Depone, 72, to give evidence, Sc. law term
- Depute, 72, Sc. law
- Derivative inflection, 36
- Dern, derned, dearn, 31, A. S. dark; dearn-unga, secretly. Go. ga-tarnjan, to hide, dernd, Fi., pondered, noun, dernin; O. E. dernan, Fris. dern, Teut. *darnjo, hidden, secret; verb, O. E. diernan, H. Ger. ternen; obsol. as adj., survives as v.
"This darned within my breist this mony a day."—"Gentle Shepherd."
- Descriptive epithets in Sc., 86
- Deug, 31, 206, C. Du. virtue, merit; cf. Ger. Tugend, Go. dugan
- Dialectic growth, 8
- Dicht, 70, 102, 181, Sc. to wipe up, to winnow corn. O. E. dihtan, used in many senses in O. E. and Ger.; to wipe up is sp. No.; dight, poet. Eng.; obsol. as "to prepare," cog. Ger. dichten—N. E. D.; Ger. dichter in 17th c. authors in general; A. S. dihtan, set in order, E. dight—all borr. from Lat. dictare, to dictate, compose
- Di-da, 35–36, 167, Go. reduplicating pret. of a possible verb, *dedjan, to do, ga-deds, a doing. Di-da=did. Ger. thun, That.
