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Rh to b. in. Parallel form to the word.

bekel, bekkel (bjekel, bjekkel) [bɛkəl, bækəl, bjɛkəl, bjækəl], , 1) to wrest; twist; put out of shape. [bɛkəl];  [bækəl, bjɛkəl, : bjækəl]; de heel (o’ de shoe) is  doon ; : to  a person, to have entirely the upperhand of a person . 2) to walk clumsily, crookedly, to geng [‘go’] and crookedly; begla (doubtless bekla), , to bungle; botch, and “beksla”, to walk clumsily. For a possible change ksl > kl  from “jaxl”,  from “ǫxl”.
 * [bɛkəl]. — *bekla (or
 * beksla); bekla,, to walk

bekk$n$ [bæ‘k],, transverse tie (wooden beam) under each of the thwarts in a boat; wooden beam joining the ribs of a boat. bekkr,, a seat; bekkur, , thwart in a boat; bekk, , = . , and.

, a brook, water-course. Now used only in place-names and then rarely, : [lom··abæk·, -bak·], a brook in That the word was used formerly is evident from Sibbald (in Descr. of Orkney and Zetland) where among other examples of words a “” is cited with the explanation: “a small, running water which gave rise to the surname of the people of that name”. bekkr,, a brook.
 * bekk$n$ (*bakk) and *bekki, *bakki,

, brooklime, thick-leaved speedwell (plant), veronica beccabunga, = bekkbung,  beckbunga, bäckböna. Reported by J. I. It is difficult to decide whether this is an old name for the plant or only the name (Norse latinized) which has found its way in. - is  bekkr,, brook, and with the second part of the   in  and
 * bekkabung [bɛ‘k··aboŋ·, bæ‘k··a-],

beldin [beᶅdın],, big lump, a b. o’ a , a round, clumsy stone, a b. o’ a, a thick, round cake. of bǫllr (lump; globe); see and,  With may be compared ballting,, ball, knot, böllti, , globe, and bölltr,, elevation (B.H.). might, however, also be a parallel form to 2 in the same sense, ;  for  one might, in this case, compare = (*hyrningr).

belg [bɛᶅg, be$n$lg (bɛ$1$lg)],, amnion, b) membrane in which a foal is born.  belgr,, belly.
 * a) chorion of a cow,

belget [bælgət] and belliget [bæl··ıgət·],, gluttonous; greedy, , of cattle, a b. creature. *belgóttr, from “belgr”, belly, paunch. belga (belgja),, to fill the stomach.

belgjin [bɛldᶎın, bɛl··dᶎiən·], , sudden, violent shower, a sleety b. *belgingr,, a bellyful; vindbelg,, dense, windy cloud, and belgingr,, stiff wind.

beli [beli, bɛli, bēli], bella, belja [beᶅa, bɛᶅa (bəᶅa)] and belli [beᶅı, bɛᶅı],, in the  b.-, a coalfish 2 or 3 (in some places 3 or 4) years old. : Doubtless: a “bellied” coalfish. and beli,, belly ( is  heard pronounced “bæli” similar to  belly, but, as a rule, from this). For the forms , and “bäll, bell”, and “bælle”, a toddler, little boy; to be classed with belgr (belly).

belker [bæ‘ᶅkɛr, be‘lkər], , 1) dense, rain-cloud, he’s settin’ op a b.; 2) violent shower, a b. o’ a