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28 a bear; (Li.) bjørntak,, trial of strength by placing one’s hand in that of another at right angles (R.).

bani [bani, bāni],, bane; death, but now only used of: 1) attack on one’s health; a bad cold, he’s gotten his b. 2) bad treatment or usage; a drubbing in a fight, he’s gotten his b.  bani, , bane; death.

bank [ba‘ŋk],, edge; bank; ledge, 1) ledge in a peat-pit, row of spade-depths, peat-bank, = bakke 5 (Ross); see  2 and . 2) steep coast, = bakki; in :. — is the  form which has superseded the old ; but the word is preserved in special Norn applications.

bann [ban(n)],, to swear, in the tautological phrase “to curse and b.”, to swear vigorously. banna,, to forbid; curse, in and also: to swear;  to ban.

bar [bār],, 1) the fins of a fish, long fins, forming a fringe, such as of tusk, ling, halibut and ray;  in , as: de  o’ de skate , de -cut o’ a turbot [=  halibut], a strip, including the fins, cut from a halibut; fairly  Also in the form [bērd, bē$ə$rd],  in the .  barð, , brim; edge; beard. See , , and ,  2) ear, bearded ear of corn; the upper part of the straw where the ear is attached, de b. o’ de strae (Sullom, ); ,, and , , as well as,  With regard to the verbal forms , (see below), also in sense 2 is more to be derived from barð,, beard, than from barr,, (inter alia = corn; barley).
 * , de b. o’ a turbot [‘halibut’]

prominent edge of a cliff; now only as a place-name, de  o’ Bressay. barð,, brim; edge; border. * (*, *,
 * bard [bārd],, promontory;

bard [bārd],, 1) , to thrash the corn from the stalks in a sheaf, to b. ut [‘out’] de sheaf. 2)  , of the ears in a bundle of corn, sheaf: to be loosened from the stalks (on account of mildew), to b. ut, de corn or is ut. Also  [bērd], , in the same sense ( beard}). , *barda. See, 2.

bardasoga [bār··dasȯg·a, bār··dəsō·ga], , St. Bartholomew’s Day, but only preserved in sense of an unreasonably long time, "eternity", in such as: to wait a b., to stand for (in) a b.; hit [‘it’] will be a b., afore du gets dis [‘this’] done. [bârdasȯga]. [bārdəsōga]. Bardolsvaka, , Barsoka: St. Bartholomew’s Day (August 24th). The former application of the name in possibly alludes to an unusually long service, held in former times on the above-mentioned day (S.B.).

barfljug [barfᶅug, -fᶅog],, after the thrashing of the corn: to separate the remaining corn from the straw by shaking and flinging it about; to b. de corn; esp. of barley. : *barð-fløygja. For [*barð] see above, 2, and ,  fløygja,, to fling; throw.,  The so-called is preceded by: a) the actual thrashing (“treshin’”), and b) de ’. For a second , , see ,

barflog [bar·flog·, bär·flog·, -flȯg·, -flɔg·],, to beat one’s hands crosswise around the shoulders to keep oneself warm, to stand ; with object: he him [‘himself’] or his hands.