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I ha’e de double doon [‘down’] and du de single fedder

(“Heron, heron! daylight in the heather!
I have the double down and you the single feather”).

The swan had thus won the down.”

The same fable is told in Færoe of the eider-duck and the cormorant; see Faer. Anthol. I, pp. 381—82. — *dag(s)-(ljós); O.N. dagsljós, n., daylight.

dagdwälj [dag·dwäᶅ·, dagdwäᶅ·] and dag(d)wel [dagwəl], sb., 1) lounging; fruitless occupation, e.g. applied to fishing at a place where little or no fish is to be had; U^wg.: dagdwälj [dagdwäᶅ·]; dis is naet’in’ [‘nothing’] but a d. 2) esp. in pl., toys for pastime: a) toy demanding mental activity, tiring-irons, esp. a wooden frame with three cross-pins, around which a string is wound and unwound again; Uⁿ. dagdwäljs [dag·dwäᶅs·], pl.; b) in wider sense: playthings (for children); Y^b.: dag(d)wels [dagwəls]; “de bairns will get dem (de broken dishes) for dag(d)wels”. — *dag-dvelja; No. dagdvelja, f., pastime, toys for pastime, tiring-irons; Fær. dagdvølja, f., esp. artfully carved wooden pins to be put together and separated again, acc. to Svabo: wooden pins with three holes, and a string with two small pieces of wood attached to the string, which is wound through the holes and again unwound, = fimla.

dagdwälj [dag·dwäᶅ·], vb., 1) to while away the time uselessly; to dawdle about, to geng [‘go’] dagdwäljin aboot; Yⁿ. 2) to work continuously with a poor result, e.g. when doing field-work in spring or when at fishing; dey will d. upo yon [‘that’] till de morn [‘to-morrow’]; Y^h. *dag-dvelja, vb., to while away the day; cf. No. dagdvelja, f.,

a) pastime; b) idler. See dagdwälj, sb., and dwälj, vb.

†dagg [dag(g), däg(g)], sb., dew; moisture, esp. a) dampness in the air (Sa., etc.); b) drizzle; gentle rain; a d. o’ weet. More rarely with a lengthening of the vowel: dag [dāg]. A form djagg [dᶎag, dᶎäg] is used in Du. O.N. dǫgg, f., dew, moisture; No. dogg and Sw. dagg (dew) also drizzle; L.Sc. (Eng. * and dial.) dag, sb., dew; drizzle. — A form dagin [dâgin, dâgɩn] from U., in the sense of small rain falling for long duration, may be regarded as a deriv. of the verb dagg with lengthening of vowel; cf. O.N. dǫggvan and dǫggving, f., moisture (drizzle), from dǫggva, vb., to bedew; moisten.

†dagg [dag(g), däg(g)], vb., to drizzle. Comm. djagg [dᶎag, dᶎäg]: Du. See dagg, sb.

*daggastø [dag··astø·], sb., wind with rain; tabu-word at sea, used by fishermen. U^wg. Is a compd. of dagg, sb., dew; moisture; rain, and *stø, sb., tabu-name for wind.

†daggen [dagən, dägən], sb., lump or stub, a thick piece, e.g. a piece of the root of a tree: a d. o’ wood; also of meat: a d. o’ meat. Etym. uncertain.

daggri [dagri], sb., dawn, de d. o’ de mornin’. U. (Uⁿ.). The first part of the compd. dag- is O.N. dagr, m., day; for the second part gri, Da. “gry”, dawn, see grik (grøk), sb.

dai, sb., see däi.

†daikel [dai‘kəl, däi‘kəl], sb., compass, tabu-name, used at sea by fishermen. A corruption of Eng. “dial”, sb.?

dak [dāk] and more comm.: djak [dᶎāk], vb., to saunter aimlessly about, to geng djakin aboot (Sa.). No. daka, vb., to walk lazily and carelessly; to saunter about (R.).

*dakk [dak], sb., thanks; handed