delay, credit, Irish dáil, Middle Irish dál, gen. dála, respite, *dâli-; from dvôl, dvel, whence English dwell, Norse dvöl, delay.
II
a meeting, so Irish, Old Irish dál, Old Welsh datl, forum, Welsh dadl, sermo, Old Breton dadlou, curiæ, Breton dael, *datlâ, root dha, dhê, set, as in dail( Ernault). Stokes suggests connection with Old Slavonic dê, dicere.