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50 and doubtless the same word; a flour- (by dissimilation for *,

†blati [bläƫi],, weak; feeble, a b. body. From blað, , blade? In, blad, , is used of a feeble person; but has the hardening of ð (through d) to t (ƫ), characteristic of the Norn words; see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII) § 29. A form [bladi] = , however, is also found.

blatter [blatər],, to flicker; flutter; move to and fro; de light , the light flickers; de sails b., the sails are flapping to and fro (in the wind); claes (of clothes hung to dry in the wind). to wave; flap; blaktra,, to flap; flicker. blatter,, has a quite sense.
 * blaktra, from blaka, blakra, ,

bled [blɛd, blɛ$w$d, blæd],, in its form “blade” (blade of grass; oar-blade; blade of a knife, ), but used in a wider sense, of leaves of plants in general, = leaf; also of leaves in a book. Finally is used of a tongue of land, shaped like a leaf; often in place-names, , o’ Fiblister, o’ Heljer . The older form [blā] is also found in sense of tongue of land, but now only as a place-name; thus: (Housay, Skerries), - (Brewik,, ): = de o’ de, see ); “Jorabla” itself is now washed away by the surf. blað,, blade, leaf, something shaped like a leaf.
 * de o’ de  [ēr]
 * øyrar-blað (from “øyrr”,, beach;

bled [blɛd, blɛ$i$d, blæd],, 1) to pluck off leaves, cabbage-leaves, =  bleðja, , blade, , to b. kail (cabbage); de kail is , the leaves have been plucked off the cabbage;  “bläda”, like   “blade”, : to pluck off leaves of cabbage. 2) of plants (except vegetables, cabbage): to leaf; shoot out leaves; de plants is , the plants have got their leaves;

bleg [blēg, bᶅēg],, light and rather drab, of colour; of sheep, sheep’s wool: whitish and grayish or whitish and reddish (yellowish), a b. colour, yowe [‘ewe’], a b.-faced lamb or yowe. Fairly , on ; on more often , In  [blega] is used as name for a cow of such a colour:. bleikr, , pale; light-yellow; as name for a cow: *bleika (“the pale one”).

blega$w$ [blega],, white vein, whitish streak or spot in a rock-formation; [bleg]: bleikja,, white colour; whitish, clayey or chalky soil; blik, , white spot, on a rock. See ,

blega$i$ [blega],, a species of pure white rock-moss, scraped off and used in dyeing; it gives a very light colour, whitish with a yellowish-reddish tinge. , *bleikja or *blik(a); blik,, (pale shine) light coloured lichen or moss on the rocks; blik,, lichen tartareus. and.

blegd, bligd, bleg, blig [blegd, bleg (blē$1$g), blɩg(d)],, 1) small wedge; and : , [blegd, blɩgd];  also , [blegdi, blɩgdi]; : [bleg];  and  : , [bleg(a)]; : , (Th. Mathewson). 2) longish piece, cut from a fish, from the belly, and used for bait; :, , [bleg]; [blē$2$g];  [blegi]: , piece of bait, cut from a coalfish): In Foula  [bleg]
 * [blega]: ; [blɩg]:
 * , [sēd]-b. (a