An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 237
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 237
_Polwart._
2. Crazed, S.
_Gl. Shirr._
Su. G. _dwal-a_, stupor; _ligga i dwala_, jacere in sopore.
DOYN, DONE, DOON, DOONS, DUNZE, _adv._ Very, in a great degree, a mark of the superlative, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
_Doon weil_, or _dunze weil_, very well, S.
Isl. _daeends_, id. as _daeends wael_, excellently, _dae waenn_, very beautiful, from _daa_, an old primitive or particle, denoting any thing good, worthy or excellent.
~Doonlins~, _adv._ The same. _No that doonlins ill_, not _very bad_, S.
B.
DOISTER, DYSTAR, _s._ A storm from the sea, Ang.
Isl. _thustar_, aer incipit inclemens fieri.
DOIT, _s._ A small copper coin formerly current in S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
_To_ DOYTT, _v. n._
1. To dote.
_Lyndsay._
2. To move as signifying stupidity, S.
DOIt.i.t, DOYt.i.t, _part. adj._ Stupid, confused. S.
_Dunbar._
Belg. _dot-en_, delirare, Dan. _doede_, stupid.
~Doit~, _s._ A fool, a numskull, S.
~Doit~, _s._ A disease, perhaps stupor.
_Watson._
~Doittrie~, _s._ Dotage, S.
_Philotus._
~Doitrified~, _part. pa._ Stupified, S.
DOKEN, _s._ The dock.
V. ~Docken~.
DOLE, _s._ A doxy.
_Gl. Shirr._
DOLENT, _adj._ Mournful.
_Lyndsay._
DOLESS, DOWLESS, _adj._ Without exertion, S. _Doingless_, id.
Sw. _dugloes_, id.
DOLF, _adj._
V. ~Dowf~.
~Dolfness~, _s._ Want of spirit.
_Douglas._
DOLFISH, _s._ Leg. _Dog-fish_.
_Statist. Acc._
DOLLY, DOLIE, DULLY, _adj._ Dull, S. _dowie_.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _daalig_, tristis.