Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch / A contribution to the study of the linguistic relations of English and Scandinavian

by George T. Flom

Dirdum, sb. tumult, uproar. Douglas, I, 117, 9. O. N. dýra-dómr, "doordoom, an ancient tribunal held at the door of the house of the suspected person, which often was followed by uproar and bloodshed" (Small). The word appears in Gael. as durdan.

Doif, adj. deaf, dull. Irving, 214. See douff. For similar parallel forms cp. gowk and goilk; nowt and nolt; howk and holk; lowp and loip; bowdyn and boildin, etc.

Donk, adj. damp, moist. Douglas, II, 196, 32; Dunbar, G.T., 97. Cu. donky. See Skeat under dank. Cp. donk sb.

Donk, sb. a moist place. Rolland, I, 2. Sw. dial. dank, a moist marshy place, small valley. O. N. dökk, a pool, Norse dok, a valley, Shetland dek. Exhibits E. Scand. non-assimilation of nk to kk.

Donk, vb. to moisten. Dunbar, T.M.W., 10, 512. M. E. donken, to moisten. See donk, adj.

Donnart, adj. stupid, stupefied. Mansie Wauch, 96, 29. Norse daana, Sw. dåna, to faint. For the r cp. dumbfoundered, M.W., p. 210, 25. An excrescent r appears in a number of words, so in dynnart, a variant of the word above, Dunbar, T.M.W. 10. Cp. daunert, in stupor, Johnnie Gibb, 56, 44, and dauner, to wander aimlessly, Psalms CVII, 40.

Doock, duck. sb. a kind of coarse cloth. Jamieson. Probably in this case, as the form of the word indicates, from O. N. dúkr, O. Sw. dūker, cloth. Cp. Norse dūk, Dan. dug, Sw. dial. duk. Skeat derives the Eng. duck from Du. dock, but the Sco. word agrees more closely with the Norse.

Dosen, adj. stupefied. Burns 220, 107, 2. Cp. Cu. dozent, stupefied, and Mansie Wauch, 207, 24, dozing, whirling, sprawling. The Norse work dusen has the same meaning as dosen above. The form dosynt, pp. dazed, stunned (Burns), is to be explained from a Sco. vb. dosen (not necessarily dosnen in Scotland), corresponding to M. E. dasin, O. N. dasa. See Skeat under doze.

Dowff, douf, dolf, adj. deaf, dull, melancholy, miserable. Douglas, II, 63, 11; Burns, 44, 4. O. N. daufr, deaf, Norse dauv, drowsy, dull, dauva, make drowsy. See dowie.

Dowie, dowy, adj. melancholy, dismal. O. N. doufr, dead, drowsy. Norse dauv, dau, id. Cp. Sco. doolie and Ir. doiligh, mournful, O. N. daufligr, dismal.