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Rh hand, in a sense: de  is , the wave rises (just before breaking on the rock); here =, , groundswell. In place-names, names of (sunken) rocks,  and ba alternate; see further bo$2$, and bod$1$, boði,, a hidden shoal in the sea; the breaking of the sea on a hidden shoal.

ba$2$ [bā],, only in the : “der’r [‘there is’] nedder or ( or ) in it” [nedder…or = neither…nor], of an extremely skinny fish. *pað (something to pick)?  paða [pǣa], , to pick, in the skinning of a slaughtered sheep to tear off pieces of the inside membrane with flesh attached and to let these adhere to the skin; similar to this is piða [pi̇̄ja],, to pick the flesh from the bones. Change from initial p to is found in several  words; in this case a change *pað > could easily be explained as having arisen from the foregoing under assimilating influence.

ba-break [bābrak],, 1) the breaking of the waves on a sunken rock ; high sea . 2) of very badly and carelessly executed work: to dell (delve) or lay onyting in b. ;  $b$ compounded with “break”.

†bad [bad, bäd],, garment; Also a suit of clothes; a new b. [bad]. the same word as pâd,, outer garment; cloak, paida,  pêda; pade,, cloak; overcoat. Jamieson gives (in Dict. Scott. Lang.) under “bit”,, a phrase “bit and ” in sense of food and clothes. (?) badang,, bodice (R. suppl.), bading, båding.

bad [bad, bäd],  and , 1) to bathe; 2) to bathe oneself. to badd (Barclay).

badous [bādȯs],, weakly; good for nothing, a b. body. See , of which is merely an

baf [baf],, warm poultice (on wound or swelling). See ,

baf [baf],, to warm; poultice, to b. ane’s face (with a warm cloth). A of  “baða” and “baff”? The word must doubtless originate from “baða”,, to warm up, but is in form assimilated to baff,, to beat, also used in , in a sense: to have a hard fight for it (baff, beff).

bafall [bā·fäᶅ·],, l) the rush of a wave over a sunken rock ; de is gaun [‘going’] b., there is a heavy surf on the rock; 2) roar of something rushing down; tremendous splash, hit guid [‘went’] b., hit ga’e [‘gave’] a b., of falling fragments of cliff; ; also [bəfäᶅ·],, and [befāl·], a great b., 3), hurry-skurry; noisy haste, he cam’ in a b.;  —  boðafall, , precipitation; fall of a wave breaking over a rock or shoal. — In  is found a form “” in a different sense from “bā·fäᶅ·”, : water farther off, clear of the land, outside the so-called spjelpøl, pøl or ljog (sea nearest the coast), but before reaching the high sea.

bag [bāg],, purse. baggi,, bundle. from bag, which in is pronounced “bäg”.

baga [bāga],, a cow the back of which is of a different colour from the lower part of the body and flanks. Mostly used as a name for such a cow. *baka, of bak,, back..

bagerplett,, and -pletted, , see -.

baggiskjump [bag··ıskjo‘mp·], , the first peat cut off (skjumpek, skjumpin), usually spoiled by the