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Rh sea-shore from which angling is carried on. U. *berg-sát or -sæti, “rocky seat”. See further under ,

berhogg [berhɔg·, bərhɔg·],, a bare and elevated place, exposed to the wind; a barren, unfertile pasture; de bare b. Also [belhɔg·] and [bȯlhɔg·]. : *berhǫgg; berrhogg, , exposed place (R.; in suppl.: berrhogg, “bærröug” of a treeless field); “berhǫgg” is handed down in sense,  is scarcely  with - , pasture.

berin [bērin],, 1) the act of carrying; 2) dense snow-fall during which the snow is whirled together in drifts, a snaw [‘snow’]-b.; ,

berinband [bē··rınbānd·],, a band fixed to the side of a basket . ,

berinkessi [bē··rınkɛᶊ·ɩ],, a dosser, carried on a person’s back (opposite to, used on a pack-horse).

berk [bə‘rk],, 1) skin on the surface of a liquid, on boiled milk, also on sowans and porridge; the sky.  bǫrkr, , bark, exterior covering on trees,  and börkur, , skin on boiled milk.
 * 2) a covering of clouds in

berk [bə‘rk],, of clouds: to gather; of the sky: to be overcast; in : “ [bə‘rkət] ower”; de sky is berket ower , the sky is overcast.

as the foot of a horse, leg of a horse. Occurs in an old riddle, now falling into disuse:
 * berkenfot [bə‘r··kənfȯt·],, defined

“hedder-cow” = tuft of heather, heather-bush, heather-cow(e). “Whisky” is given as the solution of the riddle. According to an old tradition, a sort of whisky or liqueur was brewed from heather-berries. The roots of the heather-bush are said at times to be shaped like a horse’s foot. — With - (?) “borke” as a horse-name, name of a horse of a pale yellow with a touch of reddish shade; “borkutt”, , of horses of such a colour.

berket [bə‘rkət],, 1) covered with a skin, of boiled milk, gruel, porridge; 2) of the sky: overcast, covered with unbroken clouds, a b. sky. *bǫrkóttr. See , and

berki, birki [bə‘rki],, = and.

berkikepp, birki- [bə‘r··kiᶄɛp·], , a crooked piece of iron fixed to a wooden handle, for tearing up the tormentilla by the root. Woodwick, (or birki)- is a of “bark-”; berkja,, to strip off the bark, birkja, See, , and the  word.
 * berki (or birki)- keppr, in which *berki

berkiklepp, birki- [bə‘r··kiklɛp·, bı‘r··ki-],, = and. *berki- or birki-kleppr. The form, likewise peculiar to , is doubtless an of. See ,

bernbund, bairnbund [bērnbond], , of a woman: hindered by having a child to take care of, = barnbunden. - is a form: bairn; the regularly developed Norn forms are: a) in *  and in as, , and b) *-.

berndom, bairndom [bērndɔm], , childhood. With to - see above ,

bernjuggel,, see ,

berrel [bærəl],, point or summit of a rock. Rare. of.


 * berri [bæri],, to thrash corn,