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24 frost and consequently thrown down into the peat-bank. For the first part of the ( bakki) see 2,, and , skumpe, flat turf which is cut from the sward.
 * with the second part

baggref, bagref,, see.

bagi [bāgi],, black-backed gull, =, 1. Also   bakur, ,  of  bak,, back. See In  “” [bagi-] is a bird which differs from the black-backed gull, : stormy-petrel (petrel glaciarius), fulmar, =. The name must from the bluish-gray back of the bird in contrast to the yellowish-white belly and breast. , 2.

bail,, see ,

bak$1$ [bak],, ridge of hills, bak. Now mostly in place-names as the last part of the word (uncommon).

bak$2$ [bāk],, high and long wave, great baks o’ waves; heavy swell, when the wind is against the waves (opposite to ); der’r a (great, heavy) b. i’ de sea. bak,, back, bauk.

bak$3$ [bāk],, = 2 (auk).

bak$4$ [bak],, backwash of breakers; backflow after the breaking of a wave on the shore, de b. o’ de (le = wave breaking on the shore). Burra. of a with “bak” as the first syllable; , bakbrot,, backwash of waves.

bak$5$ [bāk],, 1) piece of a long-line of a certain length, a line-b., de b. o’ de line; linebolk; 2) = ,  on a fishing hand-line. — is in its form, bauk,, but corresponds exactly in sense 1 to (line-) balk, bolk ( balkr, bǫlkr,, partition). See under. bak [bāk],, of a stallion: to cover, de mare is been [bākəd]; of a mare: to be in heat; to desire the stallion, de mare is . *baka,, from bak, , back.

bakbar [bakbār],, the dorsal-fins of a flounder (halibut). *bak-barð. See further under.

bakbiter [bak··bit·ər and -bäi·tər],, backbiter, slanderer. bakbítari. (for the pronunciation of ).

bakbørd [bakbø̄rd],, port-side of a boat. *bak-borð.

bakflakki [bak··flak·i],, a mat (flakki) placed under a straw-basket (kessi) to protect the back of the bearer. *bak-flakki.

bakflan [bak·flan·],, gust of wind swept back. See ,

baki [bāki],, 1) = , black-backed gull;  2) auk, alca torda; The auk is called , because it has a black back, while its belly and breast are white ( “-maw”). In the name [ƫogi, ᶄogi] is used of 2..

bakins [bakıns],, small tufts of wool left on the hind-legs of the sheep after the shearing. from “backings” (waste wool or flax).

bakk [ba‘k],, 1) bank; slope, de b. o’ de hill, o’ de knowe (the slope). 2) edge; bank; ledge, in the phrase “de b. o’ de ” of a ledge in a peat-pit, now : peat-bank; see under , . — As a place-name in the sense of shore; steep shore, uncompounded in the form [ba‘ka] (sometimes with the : Bakken) and as the second part of a compound: - and (more ) -. Rarer in sense of (inland) bank, (inland) slope. See further Shetl. Stedn. pp. 74—75. — bakki,, edge; bank;