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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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DEEL, n. I. Sc. variant of Eng. dale, a valley (Sh., Ork. 1975). Comb. deel-föik, the fairies, as living in deep dens, and ravines. The dialect of the quot. is that of Fair Isle.Sh. 1915 Old-Lore Misc. VIII. i. 61:
A' body had haed some kind o' passin wi' da peerie umags a' deel-föik.
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