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Rh   borre,, (burdock) proud, harsh fellow; byrren,, angry; fierce (of animals).

birsi [bə‘rsi],, de b.: “the bristly one”, sea-term (tabu-name) for the swine. Also as a name for some fishing-grounds with a very uneven bottom: de. an old name, but the present form, with the final -i and omission of t after s, is ( “birs”, bristle, with derived  “birsy, birssy”, bristly). , , and ,

birst [bə‘rst],, angry; peevish; ill-tempered ( bristly, that raises the bristles); also in other forms: [bȯ‘rst],  [bȯ‘rstət], [bȯstən], [bȯstət], [bə‘rstət], [bəstət]. ., , . . Usually compounded with :, -, -, -, -. In some places on   also means unpleasantly strong in taste, said of something kept too long (see, ). *byrstinn, , from burst,, bristle; hog’s bristle; bysten,, choleric, “busten”, fierce; harsh (R.). illbyste, “idlabyste”,, ill-tempered woman (R.). ill-bistet, With in sense of strong (of taste)   birssy (bristly), , in sense of bitter; sharp, of weather; busten, bustren,, in a similar sense. ,, and ,

birstalek [bə‘r··stalek·],, hog’s bristle at the end of a thread for sewing shoes, : sewing-thread (waxed) with hog’s bristles at both ends; ha’e ye [‘have you’] ony [‘any’] ? (Woodwick). *bursta-leif; busteleiv, , a piece of waxed thread with a bristle at the end; bursti, busti,, hog’s bristle used by shoemakers.

birstet,, see ,

birt,, see ,

birt [bə‘rt],, to quicken a fire (a light), to b. op de fire; opposite to the phrase “to b. ut de fire”, to let the fire out. — More in the form ; see, — birta,, to make bright and clear.

birtek [bɩ‘rtək, bə‘rtək] and birti [bɩ‘rti, bə‘rti],, 1) sea-term (tabu-name) for fire; sometimes [bɩ‘rtən] with preserved . Sporadic in districts:  [bɩ‘rtək]:  and  ;  [berdək, bərdək]:  ;  [bə‘rki]:  With altered vowel-sound: [bo‘rt]:  Forms as ,  [vɩrda, vɩrdək] are corrupted by combination with another word (see ; ). 2) , bright spot; enlivenment; : ; dis is a b. — birta, birti,, clearness; light; shining; brightness. — ,

bisi, bissi$h$ [bɩsi, besi, bɩzi], , 1) litter for cattle (or lambs) in stall, litter consisting of earth and dried manure in separate layers ; a byre-b.; 2) in transferred sense of: a) poor, damp bed, and b) heap; mass; dunghill. bys,, litter; bössja, byssja,, litter under animals.

bisi, bissi$w$ [bɩsi, besi],, stall in a byre; reported from in the sense of stall for a cow, from in the sense of stall for a calf. This word is much rarer than the preceding “, ”, by which it has been influenced and to which it assimilates in form. báss,, stall.

bis(s)ifla [bɩs·iflā·, bes·i-.bɩz·i-], , one of the layers composing the