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46 phrase: hit [‘it’] is b., it is quite bare, there are no fish on the fishing hand-line or long-line (in boat-fishing). From an older *, from  barr = berr, — without mutation — bare; naked.

bjartin [bja‘rtin, bjä‘rtin],, a little fellow (child). birtingr,, trout (of light colour), byrting.

bjekel,, see ,

bjels$n$ [bjē$1$ls, bjɛ‘lᶊ],, on a ray (fish), the hindmost, thin edge on both sides of its head, the circular flaps remaining when the middle of the head is cut out; sometimes in : [bjɛldᶎəs]. *bi-helsi? See further under $ə$, , which is the same word.

bjels$n$ [bjæ‘ls],, stripe of another colour round the neck of sheep., *bi-helsi; helsi,, collar. b(j)- must be regarded as being the old prefix “bi” (round; about). In this way $2$ might also be explained as being merely a division of the very same word. See ,

bjelset [bjɛ‘lsət, bjæ‘lsət],, of sheep: having a stripe of another colour round the neck, a b. sheep, a black sheep with a white stripe round the neck, or conversely. [bjɛ‘lsət]. [bjæ‘lsət]. In also with metathesis of j: [be‘lᶊət]. (-óttur),, of sheep: with a stripe of another colour round the neck. See $2$,
 * bi-helsóttr; hölsutur

Bjena-, Bjener-sunday,, see -sunday.

†bjenek [bjē$s$nək, bjɛnək], †bjener [bjē$1$nər],, sea-term (tabu-name) for a dog., Borrowed word from ? bæna, bædnaga, piædnak, a dog.

bjerk, bjert,, see , bjert [bjə‘rt],, 1) miserly; sparing; stingy, b. wi’ onyting, b. upon it; 2) testy; peevish; having the habit of grumbling.  for from *pjark-, *pirk-) and, in that case, of *pir-;  pir,, a miser; piren, , a) thin; tender; weak; b) ' (Aa.), c) ' (R.). Cognate to this: pertin,, thin; slender; delicate. — might also stand for *bjerk, from *pirk-, of pirken,, a) shrunken; shrivelled; b) scanty, pirk, , a thin or lean person); the change bjert > bjerk in  under $s$,
 * ( from *pjakk,
 * pir- ( pirka,, to finger; tease,

formerly used by fishermen, for, fishing-basket. (Vidlin). : *biðn- or *byðn-; bidne,, vessel (cup; pail), bydnor,, depositories; vessels.
 * bjesnek [bjæsnək],, a tabu-name,

bjintaar, bjinter,, see.

bjog$2$ [bjōg],, 1) collar of plaited straw, placed about the horse’s neck (for draught); ring of straw placed round the hollow ofof [sic] “de knockin’-stane” (a stone hollowed out for separating the husks from the ears of barley by knocking with a smaller stone); 2) collar, consisting of three pieces of wood, placed round the neck of a sheep to prevent it from breaking through the fences; 3) ring round the sun or the moon, a sun- or moon-b. 4) circular stripe, a stripe of another colour round a stocking or sock. baugr,, ring.

bjog$ə$ [bjōg],, disorderly heap; mass, lyin’ in a b. (of things disorderly flung together). , — bauk (bok, boka),, digging; overturning; rooting up; bauka, , to root; dig.

bjog [bjōg],, to knit circular