durk

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch durk or Middle Low German dork. Further origin dubious. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål dørk.

Noun

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durk c

  1. (nautical) deck; floor of a ship
  2. (nautical) hold; storage room in the bottom of a warship

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Yola

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Noun

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durk [1]

  1. Alternative form of dhourk
    • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, lines 11[2]:
      In durk Ich red virst mee left-vooted shoe."
      In the dark I happened first on my left-footed shoe."

References

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  1. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 36
  2. ^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland