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30 warmth, partly basa,, to spread on liberally. See below,, , and also, , and

bas$3$,, see ,

bas [bas, bās],, to build up a fire; to get a fire to blaze up by piling peats on the fire-place, to “b. on” a (great) fire. [bas], [bās]; in : [bås: , båås, bå$n$s: ], to on a (great) fire. Is partly basa,, to spread on liberally, “b. paa”, partly basa,, to warm; heat. and, and

basek [basək],, ship. Tabu-word at sea. from a verb also: to run.
 * basa, to splash; plash, in

basel [basəl],, 1) a splash; plash; commotion, as of a fish on the surface of the water or in the bottom of a boat, de  o’ a turbot [‘halibut’]; 2) toil and moil; hard work. *basl. See ,

basel [basəl],, 1) to splash; plash; to make quick movements, as fish on the surface of the water or in the bottom of a boat; de fish basels (is baslin’). 2) to work hard; to toil; struggle with something, to b. awa [‘away’] at onyting [‘something’], to b. against de wind. *basla. , and basa,, to splash; beat; plash; gambol; exert oneself; to slave; strive.

†bati [bati],, a great pile; mass, of fish after a fortunate catch; “ye’re gotten a b. o’ her dis mornin’”, you have had a good catch (of fish) this morning. N$n$.Nmʷ. [sic]. uncertain. bati?

bäd,, see ,

bägerplett,, and -pletted, , see -.

bäil [bäil],, small lump; clod of earth. Must be the same word as. Another , eart’-b., a piece of quaking soil, a place where water has oozed in and raised the surface of the earth, is the  “bile”, , in sense of boil; swelling.

bäilki,, see ,

bäitel [bäitəl, bäƫəl],, to bite pieces out of something; mostly in a) bit off or gnawed around the edges, : a bit o’ bread, b) frayed; notched; very much worn at the edges, : a piece o’ wood. *bitla and *bitlaðr, of bíta,, to bite. and ,
 * [bäitəld, bäƫəld],

bäitlek,, see.

bäinter,, see ,

bäll,, see $a$,

banjek [bäᶇək, (bꜵ̈ᶇək)],, a round stone which is very easy to handle or throw ; hard, lumpy stone. For the possible origin of the word see further under.

bärflog,, and , , see ,

bå-. For words beginning with phonetic, see under -.

⁽*⁾be [bē],, is found sometimes as a name of a hillock, hill-side, thus:  [krɔk··ərıs· bē] (Sund near Lerwick, ). *beð-. bed,, a bank or solid pile; elevation (R.), heap (R. suppl.), (reported) bae, bay,, mass; heap. “be”, in sense of slope, might also suggest bedja,, in sense of resting-place for (small) animals. beðr,, is handed down in sense of mattress; feather-bed; bolster. “Krokri(g)s” is doubtless an *Krák-hryggs;  the place-name “Krákuriggur”. — As a common noun:, [bɛ̄i] and [bǣi] are found in in the sense of slight elevation; knoll; lump.

bedek,, see ,

befal(l),, see.

begel [begəl],, to crumple; dent; put out of shape, to b. a hat,