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drykkju-skáli, m. drinkinghall;
drykkju-stofa, f. = skáli.
drykk-lauss, a. without drink;
drykk-leysi, n. want of drinkables.
drykkr (-jar, -ir), m. (1) drink, drinking; sitja at (yfir) drykk, to sit drinking; hvat hafa Einherjar at drykk, what kind of drink have the E.; (2) drought; þreyta á drykkinn, to take a deep draught; drekka í tveimr, þremr, drykkjum, to drain in two, three draughts.
drykk-sæll, a. lucky in drink.
drysil-djöfull, m. petty devil, devil-kin;
-hross, n. paltry horse;
-menni, n. a paltry man.
drýgindi, n. pl. increase, saving.
drýgja (-ða, -ðr), v. (1) to commit, perpetrate, carry out, practice (d. synd, hórdóm, munuðlífi); d. vilja es, to compily with one's wishes; d. hlýðni við en, to obey one; (2) to make to go far, eke out (dróttinn drýgði svá þær vistir, at þær, &c.); hvat þarf þetta orðum d. (to expatiate on)?
drýg-liga, adv. = drjúgliga;
-mæltr, a. longwinded.
dræpi-ligr, a. deserving death.
dræplingr, m. a petty drápa.
dræpr, a. who may be killed with impunity.
dræsa, f. idle talk, twaddle.
drœmt, a. n., láta d. við, to hesitate.
dröfn (gen. drafnar, pl. drafnir), f. poet. billow.
drögur, f. pl., see 'draga', f.
drösull, m. poet. horse, = drasill.
dröttr, m. lubber (rare).
dubba (-að), v. (1) to equip, arm (Saul dubbar nú David með sjálfs sins herklæðum); d. en upp, to attire one in full dress; d. sik, to trim oneself; (2) d. en til riddara, to dub one a knight.
dubban, f. dubbing a knight.
dubl, dufl, n. game at dice, gambling.
dubla, dufla (-að), v. to gamble.
dublari, m. gambler.
duga (-ða, -at), v. (1) to help, aid, support, with dat.; d. em at or við, to succour, lend help (Gísli fór at d. þeim við); (2) to do, suffice; þat er þér man d., which will do for thee, hefir oss þó dugat þessi átrúnaðr, this faith has served us very well; fátt er svá illt at einugi dugi, few things are utterly useless; mun þér eigi þat d. at sofa hér, it will not do (is not safe) for thee to sleep here; (3) absol., to show prowess, do good service; dugð hverr sem hann mátti, every one did his best; (4) to suffice, be strong enough; ef þitt œði dugir, if thy wit suffices; ef vitni duga, if the witnesses fail not.
dugandi, pr. p. doughty (d. maðr).
dugandis-maðr, dugand-maðr, m. a brave, doughty man.
dugga, f. a useless fellow.
dug-lauss, a. good for nothing.
dugnaðar-maðr, m. (1) helper, help in need; (2) = dugandi maðr;
-stigr, m. path of virtue;
-vápn, n. weapon of defence (against temptation).
dugnaðr (gen. ar), m. (1) aid, assistance; veita em dugnað, to give help to one; (2) virtue.
dugr, m. doughtiness, strength of soul or body (aldri er d. í þér).
dul, f. (1) concealment; drepa, draga d. á et, to conceal; með d., secretly (2) self-conceit; d. á vil, pride and wilfulness; ætla sér þá d., to be so conceited; draga d. á sik, to think a great deal of oneself; ganga fram í d., to go on in one's conceit.
dula (-að), v. to deny (rare).
dular-búnaðr, m. disguise;
-reiðr, m. oath of denial;
-fullr, a. self-conceited;
-klæði, n. pl. disguise;
-kufl, m. a cloak used for a disguise.
dul-eiðr, m. = dulareiðr;
dulhöttr, m. a hood used for a disguise.
dulinn, a. = dularfullr (d. at sér).
dul-klæði, n. pl.= dularkæði.
dulnaðr, m. conceit, self conceit.
dul-remmi, -ræna, f. self conceit;
dulsamr, a. self conceited.
dumba, f. dust, cloud of dust.
dumbr, a. (also dumbi) dumb, mute (gaf hann durnburn mál, en daufum heyrn); d. stafr, a inule (letter).
dumpa (-að), v. to thump (rare).
duna (-að), v. to boom, roar (dunar í skóginum);
duna, f. a rushing, thundering noise.

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