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Rh  piece of land limited by a depression on the one side; bakke. “bakke” also = ledge in a peat-pit (R.). — See ,

bakkagrof [ba‘k··agrȯf·], bakkagrøf [-grøf·],, peat-pit below the so-called “(peat-)bank” or ledge where the peats are cut; a hollow into which the uppermost turf of the peat-bank is thrown before the actual peat-cutting begins; Also in such forms as [bakrɛf] , [baga-, baγagrȯf], [bagræf] and [bāgræf]: ,, *bakkagrǫf ( bakki, , ledge; edge; bank; grǫf, , ditch; hollow).

bakkalist [ba‘k··alıst·], , edge of the sea? now only in certain phrases, as: to geng trough [‘through’] or aboot [‘about’] de hale [‘whole’] b., to search far and wide; to search everywhere (out of doors, away from the house),, perhaps to walk along the whole shore; he wakend [wākənd] de hale b., he awakened the whole neighbourhood. The first part of the is doubtless bakki, , edge; bank; (steep) coast, see the  lista,, a strip; edge; rim, in place-names sometimes denoting a tract of coast; tongue of land, as Lista, Lister,  (Blekinge) Lister, Listershuvud.
 * the second part might be

baklengi [bak··lɛŋ·gi],, a strip cut out lengthways from the back of a halibut ( to “belly-”). baklengja,, the back-strip of the hide (Fr.). See ,

baklim [baklım],, hind-leg of an animal. *baklimr.

baklins [baklıns],, backwards.
 * baklengis ( baklengjes).

bakravi [bakrāvi],, a fat strip, nearest the fins, cut from the back of a halibut ( to “belly-”). bak-sare [baksɛ̄r, -sēr],, sore on the back, of a horse, = baksárr, The form “sare” is
 * bak-rafr. See ,

baksnød [bāksnød],, on a haddock-line: small length of line, fixed to the long-line (de bak). See ,

baksten [baksten],, “back-stone”, stone (set on edge) forming the back of the hearth. Phrase: as black as de b. *bak-steinn.

baksuk [baksuk],, backwash of the waves after having broken on the shore. *bak-súgr. More
 * . See ,

bal [bal],, noise; uproar; merriment, only noted in the intensive ;  bal, , noise; alarm; uproar.

bald [bāld],, (bold), quick; skilful; good; mostly in : [bāldər], a corn, a little quicker, better, brisker. Assimilates in meaning to  “bål” from *bald-, see Ri. Slightly from bauld ( bold).

baldi,, see.

baldi [baldi],, fisherman’s phrase; tabu-phrase at sea, used with reference to the ling: b. her! close its (the ling’s) eyes (when protruding from its head). Origin uncertain.

baldin [baldin, bäᶅdin, -dın], , the fishermen’s tabu-name at sea for the halibut;  [bal··diən·]: squint-eyed) b.: May be baldinn,, powerful; head-strong; defiant. Remarkable (chance?) likeness to  baldes, halibut (V.Th.).
 * [baldi], de “gley’d” (the

balker [bä‘ᶅkər],, a lump, of a large, round stone, the sinker on a fishing hand-line or long-line. ? Allied to balk,, knot, , of “ball”. and.

ball [bal, bäᶅ],, a round lump; small bundle; tangled knot; something in disorder, in a b., tangled.