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38 to b. de corn. berja, , to beat; berja and  berry, in special sense: to thrash corn.

wooden tub; large wooden bowl. , From  the word has been recorded in Low’s “Tour thro’ Orkney and Schetland” (written 1774): = a trencher or plate.— For *. *borðdiskrinn, form of borðdiskr, , a dish, plate.
 * berriskin [bər··əskın·],, a

bersket [bə‘rskət],, of taste: stale; unpleasant; strong, a b. taste; denotes the taste of something which has been kept too long, of half spoiled flesh or fish. . From (and ) has been reported a form: or [bə‘rstət], and from a doubtful  [və‘rskət]. for *bresket, brisken,, bitter, harsh (brisk, , pungent, acrid taste). , suggests birssy, , bristly, also used in sense of sharp; bitter (of the weather). is more closely connected as well in form as in meaning with vesken and warsche, wersh ( warshy, wershy), insipid; nauseous, and to be classed with these words.
 * brisket with change of r;

spotted; with faded colours, of sheep. Only metaphorically; the sense is lost. *bergsuggóttr? bergsugga,, — “berggylta”, wrasse. An adjective, formed from “bergsugga”, then might denote the colours of the wrasse and be applied in transferred sense (doubtless of variegated, faded colours).
 * bersugget [bə‘rsog·ət],, variegated;

besel$1$ [bēsəl],, one of the two pieces of wood that go (went) down from the yoke on each side of the neck of plough-oxen, and are (were) tied under the neck with a strap (a plaited band), called “de klewel”. ,, Now  Must be beisl, beizl, , bit; rein; bridle. The mode of using this word in indicates that it cannot be associated with bíta, to bite (see Vigfusson’s remarks on “beisl” in his Icelandic Dictionary, referring to the other forms in which r follows b).

besel$s$ [bēsəl, bē$2$səl],, clotted lump in wool not properly teased; besels i’ de oo’ [‘wool’]. Is the same word as [pesəl], a word used outside, tangled lump, (something in) disorder, and derived from a *pes-: pes,, and pesja, , old, tangled wool on sheep.

besi,, see ,.

best [bæst], and , best, deviates from and answers to in the  “to best”, for the benefit of; saved up; to the good.

of Orkney and Zetland”, “” is quoted from Shetland with explanation: “a termination of a surname signifieing the superlative degree of comparison”. the best; my best: *besti-nn,, and *besta-n,
 * besten, In Sibbald’s “Description

bet [bēt, bē$ə$t],, 1) something to bite,  of grass, given to a cow: gi’e de coo a b.! give some good grass to the cow! ; 2) pasture; grazing in the pasture for cows and sheep; in sometimes with a short e [bet]. 3) taati, seed-potatoes. beit,, and beiti, , grazing, something to bite. from this word is  with a short e in sense of a small bundle of straw (dried straw: gloy), coarse grass (bent) or dried rushes (floss), =  beet,

bet [bēt, bē$ə$t],, to get to bite; let bite, : 1) to set a dog on the sheep; drive sheep with the help of a dog, to b. de sheep; to b. de wi’ de dog, to drive the sheep away from the