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Rh  (de ) with the help of a dog; 2) to plant seed-potatoes (see , 3.), to b. de   = , to plant a single row of potatoes on part of a field; 3) in the  , or upon; hunt with hawk or hound; also: to let graze; to use for grazing.
 * — beita,, to set on

betek [bētək, bē$ə$tək, bɛ̄$æ$tək], , a piece of old or poor bait that the fish not will rise to. beita,, a bait. — Differs in its restricted use from “bait”.

better [bæ‘tər], and  , better, is certainly “better”, but the use of the, in certain connections, is more in accordance with Norse usage ( betr, ), thus, : to drink better = to drink more,  drikka beter, to drink more; tak’ de table better in to dee! , draw the table nearer to you! ,

†bevel [bævəl],, lump; unevenness; projecting knot or swelling; der’r a b. upo de wa’ [‘wall’]. Connection with the word, doubtful. Bevla is found as a place-name in

†bevel [bævəl],, to work assiduously, with implied notion of awkwardness: to b. atill ony [‘any’] kind o’ wark [‘work’]. to strike; thrust?  with bevel,, a blow; (violent) push.

beverslutsi [bē$ə$·vərslut·ᶊı],, jocular exclamation to a person; my b.! uncertain.


 * bi,, see *$2$,

†bibo [bi̇̄·bō·],, small, insignificant thing, a trifle. Conn. with bibba,, something lumbering or large, ironically used in meaning? More  bee-baw, , lullaby.

bid [bıd],, small length of line, fastening the hook to the fishing hand-line or long-line, on a  long-line is  a small length of line of twisted hemp or horse-hair, fixed to the so-called (a smaller line hanging from the main-line). , a bite; biti,, a bit; a small piece. ,
 * *bit or biti. bit,

bid [bıd],, essentially = “bid”, but in a few of special Norn origin ( bjóða,, to bid); thus: 1) b. , to invite ( , ), of the cat: de cat is “biddin’ in”, the cat “invites”: raises one of its hind-legs, while in a sitting posture, and licks its tail, which is supposed to foretell the coming of visitors; 2) b., to call out; ; bjóða út; also: b. . — “” [bıd],, invitation.

bidi [bıdi],, 1) cake of barley- or oat-meal, ; in Unst of a large “brøni”, in of a small “brøni”; -b. , see , At some places,  of the barley- or oat-cakes constituting the deep-sea fishermen’s provisions: sea-b. . 2) small object or child, bigger than circumstances warrant, a great b. 3) sheep-mark; small, semicircular cut (piece cut out) on the side of a sheep’s ear (= ); ;,  biti, , a bit; piece.
 * -b. =.

bidin [bıdin],, on a long-line: small line, fastened to the main-line. ,  of ,


 * bigd,, see $w$.

, barley. (bigg);  (biggin); now “bere”. is partly preserved as tabu-name (sea-term). Also * [boga]: bygg,, barley.
 * bigg$2$ [bıg] and *biggin$1$ [bıgın],

bigg$1$ [bıg],, 1) a collection of houses, = $n$; a large, fine house;  In Edm.: , a building, a house. —  and are found as sea-terms, names for a