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36 it ut o’ mooth. — b. wi’, to make the best of; to bear, I maun [‘must’] just b. wi’ it; to b. ill wi’, see above “b. ill”.

berbank, -benk,, see.

ber-claw [bɛr·klâ·, berklâ·],, see -claw.

ber-clawed [berklâd·],, see -clawed.

berd,, see , 1.

berd,, see ,

berdek,, see.

berdel [(bɛrdəl) bærdəl],, soft kind of rock, steatite, soap-stone, also in : b.-. stone which can easily be cut (telgjask) or shaped, steatite; talgstein = steatite (see Fritzner under “talgugrjót”; not in Aasen or Ross; Aa. mentions “telgjestein”). , . See ,
 * berg-talg. talgugrjót,, a

bere-geng,, see ,

bere-lag,, see ,

berel [bærəl],, a basket; creel, tabu-word used by fishermen at sea. berill,, vat (to contain liquids). See $n$,

berer [bērər],, 1) carrier; 2) cross-bar in the bottom of a bed; beam under the gunwale of a boat, beam on which the ends of the thwarts rest, — ; of ,
 * 3) wooden hoop, small inner

berfljug, berflog,, see.

berg [bærg],, mountain; rock; rocky tract, now little used or known except in place-names, mostly as the second part of a in various forms, as:, and [bærəg, -ək], [bæri]. In some places (as: and ) is still used of a (small) rocky hill and sometimes — as in — in the  senses: a) rocky soil; rocky soil with a thin stratum of earth, “here is naet’in’ [‘nothing’] but a shauld [‘shallow’]  b.”, said of a very thin layer of earth which, on cultivation, quickly shows the rocky stratum underneath; b) and jokingly, as: (he has) a b. on de nose, (he has) a big protuberance on his nose. berg, , mountain; rock; rocky soil.

ber(g)dus [bɛrdus·, bərdus·], , crash of something falling ( of a fragment of rock), = ; hit ga’e [‘it gave’] a great b.; noise, hubbub, tumult. , Also [pɛrdus·]. : *bergdus (the falling down of great fragments of rock, = *bergfall); dus, , thrust; blow, and dusa,, to fall; tumble down. Influenced by the word “bardus” ( bardaus)?

bergel(t), see ,

bergfall [bɛrfäᶅ·],, crash of something falling, of a fragment of rock; tremendous crash; hit ga’e [‘it gave’] a b. *bergfall; bergfall,, the falling down of great fragments of rock (R.). and.

berggiltek, berggilti [bɛrꬶı‘l·tək, -ꬶı‘l·ti], berggolti, -golt, -goltek [bɛrgȯ‘ᶅ·ti, -gȯ‘ᶅt· and -ꬶȯ‘lt·, -gȯ‘ᶅ·tək] and berggølti [bɛrꬶø‘l·ti], , (labrus). berggylta, berg, , wrasse., -: , , ; (-):, , , ; : ; : , In the forms [bærgə‘lt] and [bærgəl], also are used. — The word is used of various, at any rate two, species of labrus, in some places denoting a more reddish, in others, a more bluish species. — In is used to designate a little clumsy person. — Other names for labrus are, ( blaagume (Aa.) and sutar (R.), and “Norwa haddock”.

[bɛrsō·di],, a rock on the
 * bergset, -sed [bæ‘rsəd], *bergsodi