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Rh a) a fang; tusk of a hog; [bitəl, bɩtəl]; b) great, malformed tooth; front tooth; [bətəl, bȯtəl]. *bitill or *bitull; bitel, bitle,, small, solitary tooth (R. suppl.). —, [bətli, bȯtli] is reported from as a nickname of a person with “bitel b.” — and.

bitin [bitɩn, bi̇̄tɩn],, a piece of a line, serving as the so-called on a long-line. See, , and ,

bitlek [b$e$ɩtlək] and bäitlek [bäi‘tlək, bäƫlək],, 1) broken tooth; 2) small tooth, of children’s growing teeth; “lat [‘let’] me see if du’s gotten ony [‘any’] bäitleks!” (talking to a little child) let me see if you have got any teeth!. of, ; see further under that word.

bitteraks [bɩt··əraks·],, dandelion (plant), taraxacum. *(bitr)-ax. bitr,, keen; bitter, and bitter, ;, , ear; seed-cluster. Instead of “bitteraks”, the name “bitter-flooer” [‘-flower’] or -girs is used in other places.

, child; (food) to de b. form: *barnit. for * in “jarta dadna”, is still used as an endearing term or when speaking kindly: “child of my heart”.  - in , ,,.
 * bjadna [bjadna], *bjadni [bjadni],

bjakk [bjak],, a small person, = ; Also disparagingly of a person of very slight physical strength;   pjakk, , young salmon, and pjokk,, a little boy, both words properly denoting an undeveloped being, pjog, pjok,, a worthless sort of person; further: pikke, ( pikker) and, small; little, “pikke liten”, quite little. bjakki [bjaki] and bjaki [bjāki], , a person with very little physical strength. [bjaki]. [bjâki]. of, , see

bjakki [bjaki] and bjaki [bjāki], , weakly, having very little physical strength, a b. body. and . See (and ), , and ,
 * ; : [bjâki] and

bjarki [bja‘rki],, little; insignificant, a b. body. *pjark-. pirk,, weak; slight; insignificant, and pirken,, having delicate health; feeble. For the change p > b above  as parallel form to ,

bjart$n$ [bja‘rt],, of wind: cold and dry; keen, a cauld b. (or ) wind; of weather: cold and dry with cloudy sky, b. wadder [‘weather’]; of the sky: very cloudy (in cold, dry weather), of a dark sky, overcast with storm-charged clouds, a b. sky; also of a person of a morose, threatening aspect: he was very b.-lookin’, he looked morose and threatening. [bjö‘rk], a b. sky, b. wadder: ; for *. In the word is found in the forms [bjə‘rt] and [bə‘rt], applied to the weather: biting; sharp, b. wadder, a b. day. From  is recorded [bjə‘rk], of weather: biting cold, with occasional showers; b. wadder, he is very b. de day [‘to-day’]; for *. bjartr,, bright; shining; clear; , bjart, bjært, of the weather: clear. For the change in the meaning, , , clear; shining, of colour (s.-white), in, on the other hand: sharp; biting, of air, weather. Change of t to k is also found in bjart (bjert), — see “bjerk”, , in Ross.

bjart$wg$ [bja‘rt],, recorded in