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Rh : bar·flog·, bär·flog·, : bär·flȯg·. Other forms are [bar·fᶅūg·]: [bær·flog·] and [bæl·flog·]: , [bær·fᶅūg·]: In  [bärflog·a, -flɔg·a] is found as a substantive, to beat de b. — two words merged into one: same sense as. berja,, to flog; “flóka” from flóki,, handed down in the sense of something tangled (lock; knot). In cases where the two syllables are not merged together, “berja” has given place to “beat”: to beat de or de ; thus in ,
 * berja flóka, “berja floke” in the

bark [ba‘rk],, tormentil (potentilla erecta), the root of the plant, which formerly was commonly used in tanning of skins and hides (for sea-clothes and boots). börka, *barka,, root of the tormentil (börkuvísa).

bark [ba‘rk],, to tan (skins, hides). *barka. See ,

barkklepp [ba‘rkləp],, a crooked piece of iron, for tearing up the tormentilla by the root, fixed to a wooden handle. *bark-kleppr. See, , and , and ,

bar-claw [, barklâ·], , small claw high up on the inner-side of a dog’s hind-leg.. Also -claw [bɛr·klâ·, berklâ·] and -claw [bȯrklâ·]: : *barð-(kló); barð,, beard, (projecting) edge,

bar-clawed [barklâd·],, of a dog: with claw high up on the inner-side of its hind-leg; “double -clawed”: with two “-claws”. Also -clawed [berklâd·] and -clawed [bȯrklâd·]. The possession of such a “double dew-clawed” dog was formerly considered as an effective protection against fairies and elves. barklav [ba‘rklāv],, leaves and flowers of the tormentil (potentilla erecta). , *bark-laf. See ,

barlopen and -lobin [bār·lop·ən, -lop·(ə)m, -lob·in],, properly , 1) of fish: the fins of which are covered with blisters and blains, b. fish; [bār·lop·(ə)m, -ən]; 2) of corn-stalks: the ears of which, on account of being mouldy or half-rotten, are very loose, b. strae; of corn: mouldy, b. corn, = corn; de corn is b., the ears of corn are loose, the corn is mouldy; [bār·lop·(ə)m]; [bar·lob·in]. — *barð-lopinn. For the explanation of the two parts of the see, , and ,

barmskinn [bār··məskın·, bār··mi-], sb., “breast-skin", tanned sheep-skin, used by fishermen at sea as a breast protector while working with the long-lines. Also in the form [barmın-]. Instead of a tanned sheep-skin a piece of oil-skin is now commonly used, the old name being, however, retained. *barm-skinn; barmskinn,, shaggy skin for covering the breast, leather apron; in leather apron.
 * barmskin, skin apron,

barnjiggel,, see ,

bas$w$ [bās, bāz],, a stout, fat, clumsy person. basse,, (a bear) big, well-fed animal; a big, strong fellow, bassa,, an enormous bulk (R.);  basse.

bas$s$ [bas],, large, fiercely blazing fire; peat-fire, a b. o’ a fire; In  is found a form [bås:, båås, bå$1$s: ], o’ a fire”;, b) a mass of peat piled up on the hearth when lighting a fire; dey’re bigget on a b. [båås, bå$2$s] o’ peats, they have piled up a big heap of peats (on the hearth):  partly “base” in “solbase”,, solar
 * a) =, “a (great)