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Rh use of the oars. to b. anesell, to behave oneself in a certain manner, he bør [‘bore’] him weel, = bera sik; also, to carry oneself (of deportment). 2), to move; steer towards; go in a certain direction, =  bera (and berask): de tide  or is  nort’, sooth, in, ut, the tide is running northward, southward, in, out; partly : hit is  fast, it is running quickly; — to drive; drift; to form drifts, of snow during a thick driving snow-storm, usually in the phrase “to  and ”: he (hit) is  and , the snow falls densely and blows together in drifts ; borne, b. togedder, of snow: blown together in drifts. — In phrases with “weel” [‘well’] and “ill”,  denotes: to entertain (kind or unkind) feelings; to b. weel [‘well’] to ane, to be kindly disposed to someone; to b. ill, a) to bear a person a grudge; remember a person on account of an insult, to b. ill to ane; b) to take offence, in the phrases, to b. (= tak’) ill wi’ onyting; ye maun no b. ill wi’ it, Don’tdon’t [sic] be offended. — 3) in with and : b., = b. (to), to happen; occur; take place. — b., a) to bear off; b) to induce someone to give up a purpose or an idea, to b. ane aff o’ a ting; c) to decline; apologize (= and bera seg or berast undan), he bør aff . In the sense of to hold off a boat from striking against the rocks, b. aff is = bear off. — b., to occur to one in dreams or thoughts, hit bør afore me, I had a presentiment; it occurred to me ( bera fyrir). — b., to get fastened to or become entangled with something, de line bør at in a and was “made op”, the long-line was caught between  be- tween sharp rocks at the sea bottom and snapped in two . — b. , a) to stick in,  to knot'' the carrying band (de fetel) to a (straw-net; straw-basket), ; b) to occur to one, hit bør in on my mind, it entered my mind; came into my mind, “b. ”; c) to agree; harmonize; sympathize. — b. : to endeavour; take pains, he bør on to hear it ; bäras om, to try, bera sik at e-u, to take pains with something (B.H.). — b. : a) to arrive at the destination; to land; stay, he bør op at sicc a (such and such) place; b) to introduce a topic; begin a conversation about anything, to b. onyting op till (to) ane. bera upp, to introduce; address. — b. or [, unaccented: to; , accented: tø̄]: a) to happen; take place; chance, hit [‘it’] bør till, at [‘that’] —; bera(sk) til, ; , ; b) b. weel [‘well’] or ill to ane, see above. — b., to match; harmonize; agree; come to an agreement (= bera saman; bera saman, to harmonize). — b. [‘through’]: a) to b. trough ane’s mind, to bear in one’s mind; hit [‘it’] trough my mind ; b) to b. trough wi’ a ting, to hold out; carry to the end. — b. : a) to execute; accomplish; b) to corroborate; confirm, de ane [‘one’] witness bør ut de tidder [‘other’], du will b. ut what I say; bera, (see “bera 6” in Fr.); c) to differ; disagree; quarrel about something, dey’re borne ut aboot it, they have disagreed about it (begun to quarrel about it); bera sundr, to separate,  bera sundur, to differ; d) to b. onyting ut o’ mooth [‘mouth’], to try to stop the subject and direct the conversation another way, he bør 3*