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Duná, f. the Danube.
dunga, f. a useless fellow, = dugga (huglaus dunga).
dun-henda, f. = dunhendr háttr.
dun-hendr, a., hendr háttr, a sort of metre (when the second line of each couplet begins with the concluding word of the first line);
dunhent, a. n. = hendr háttr.
dunn, m. band, gangs, drove (flyktust skarfarnir saman í einn dun).
dunna, f. the wild duck, mallard.
dupt, n. dust (verða at dupti).
dupti, m. dust (einn léttr dupti).
dupt-liga, adv. like dust;
dupt-ligr, a. consisting of dust (ligr maðr).
dupt-ugr, a. dusty, covered with dust.
dura-dómr, m. a court at the door of the defendant;
-gætti, n. = dyrigætti;
-stafr, m. = dyristafr;
-stoð, f. doorpost;
-umbúningr, m. doorframe;
-veggr, m. doorjamb;
-vörðr, m. door-keeper.
dur-vörðr, m. door-keeper.
dusil-hross, n. = drysilhross.
dusil-menni, n. = drysilmenni.
dusla (-að), v. to be busy with trifling matters (Sveinki var par duslandi).
dust, n. dust (vér erum dust ok aska; verða at dusti).
dust, n. tilt (halt eitt d. með mik).
dustera, (-að), v. to run a tilt.
dusti, m. grain of dust.
dúfa (gen. pl. dúfna), f. (1) dove, pigeon; (2) poet. wave.
dúfl, n. noise made by submersion (rare);
dúfla, (-að), v. to make a noise (when falling into water).
dúfu-ligr, a. dove-like;
-ungi, m. a young dove.
dúka (-að), v. to cover with a cloth (matsveinar fóru at d. borð).
duk-laus, a. without a cloth.
dúkr (-a, -ar), m. (1) any cloth or textile fabric; (2) tablecloth; (3) towel, napkin.
dúk-slitr, n. rags of a cloth.
dún-beðr, n. a bed of down.
dún-hœgindi, n. pillow or bolster of down;
-klæði, n. pl, bedclothes of eiderdown;
-koddi, m. pillow of down.
dúnn, m. down, bed of down (sofi hann á dúni).
dúra (-að) v. to nap, lake a nap.
dúrr, m. nap, slumber.
dús, n. lull, dead calm; opt kemr œðiregn ór dúsi, a lull is often followed by a heavy shower.
dúsa (-að), v, to quake (jörð dúsaði).
dvala (-að), v. to delay, put off, with acc. (muna Helgi hjörþing d.); with dat.; ef ér dvalið ferðinni, if you put off the journey.
dvala, f. (1) a long stay; (2) delay.
dvalan, f. prolongation (d. lífs þíns).
dval-samligr, a. slow, tardy (sarnligt setr sólarinnar);
-samr, a. causing delay; em verðr samt, one is delayed.
dvelja (dvel, dvalda, dvaldr or dvalinn), v. (1) to delay; d. för es, to delay one's journey; d. ferð sína, to put off one's (own) journey; d. dóm, to defer judgement; d. ráð fyrir konu, to put off a woman's marriage; gátu þeir hann eptir dvalit, they managed to keep him back; d. en frá eu, to keep one from doing a thing; absol., dvaldi þat fyrir ferð þeirra, it delayed their journey; (2) = dveljast, to tarry (ok vildu eigi d. ok eigi biða Olafs konungs); dvel eigi, tarry not!, make haste!; (3) with acc. of time, to wait, stay (konungr dvaldi mestan hluta sumars á Hálogalandi); d. stund es, to hold one up; d. af stundir, to kill the time; (4) refl., dveljast, to stay, make a stay (dvaldist þar um hríð); sá dagr mun d., that day will be long in coming; d. munu stundirnar áðr en sagt er allt þat, er ek veit, it will lake many hours, it will be a long time before all is told; ef þat delst, at ek koma eigi hingat, I should be hindered from coming; impers., dvaldist þeim þar lengi, they made a long stay there; dvaldist þeim þar at því, in (doing) that they lost much time.
dvena (-að), v. an old form for 'dvina'.
dverg-máli, m. echo (steirm svarar með mála).
dvergr (-s, -ar), m. (1) dwarf (lágr

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