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Rh notes a short piece, cut from the throat of a fish, while the longer piece, cut from the belly, is called . the same word as , Fritzner gives “blegði”, but strikes out the word in “corrections and errata” as being due to a misunderstanding. At the same time the Norwegian forms of the word, such as “blegg, blei, bleig” (wedge), “bligd, bläjde, bläje” (wedge), and “blejr” (wedge), together with the forms, point back to a root-form *blegð-.
 * blegði(?), wedge.

bleget$1$,, see $2$,

bleget$2$ [blēgət, bᶅēgət, blegət], , of a whitish, drab colour: whitish with faint reddish, or brownish (reddish-brown), yellow, or gray tinge, of sheep, sheep’s wool; a b. sheep. and  Almost =, In Fetlar “a b. [blegət] sokk” denotes a dark-coloured stocking or sock having light (white) stripes. In b. [bᶅē$n$gət], besides denoting the above-mentioned colour of sheep’s wool, also denotes the appearance of the earth when covered with half-melted snow: de eart’ gets b. (whitish-drab, gray-drab), but is doubtless here the same word as $ə$, —  is formed from ,, by addition of the common adjectival ending - ( -óttr), but appears in some cases to be of another, , a parallel form to $2$,

blegg [bleg],, to drive a wedge into something, to b. a hoe, to drive a wedge into a hoe in order to fasten the iron to the handle. Formed from ,

blekk [blæk],, in the “eart’-b.”, iron ore, earth containing iron, used as a black dye. Differs in the vowel-sound from black, in pronounced “blăk”. blakkr,, dun (of the col - our of a horse), also used of the colour of copper. With the form bläkka,, as a name for the pewit because of its colour.

blem [blē$2$m],, 1) blue stripe, a blue b. on de skin; 2) (bluish) curl of smoke; very faint, small cloud of smoke, a b. o’ reek; mostly negatively: no [‘not’] a b. *blæm- from See $ə$,
 * blám-. blámi,, blue colour.

blemek, blemmek [blemək (blɛmək), blæmək],, blain; blister; vesicle. [blemək]. [blæmək]. blema, blemma, , ,

blen$1$ [blēn, blē$1$n, blɛ̄a$ə$n, blæn], , 1) blue stripe or spot of cloud, negatively: no [‘not’] a b. on the sky; [blēn, blē$ə$n]. 2) light smoke; the direction which the smoke (from the fire-place) takes; to sit i’ de b. o’ de reek:  [blēn, blē$ə$n]. Negatively: no a b. o’ reek, not a sign of smoke; [blæn]. 3) : spot; blemish; der’r no a b. upo de wood, no a b. upon him (his character); [blɛ̄$w$n]. — *blæn- from *blán-.  and  blaane, bluish cloud;   blåne, bluish colour;  blána,, to become blue.  ,

blen$ə$ [blæn],, see ,

blenda,, = 1.

bles [blɛs, blæs],, a blaze; whitish stripe or spot on the forehead of an animal: a b. on de horse. and blesa,, a blaze.

bleset [blɛsət, blæsət],, blazed, having a white stripe or spot on the forehead, of animals: a b. horse or dog. blesóttr,, blazed.

blesmek,, see.

blett [blɛt, blæt],, spot, 1) dirty spot on cloth, dirty bletts; 2) plot of ground, in the phrases: “a green b.”, a grass-grown plot on a stretch of heather, and “a muldi [mȯldi, møldi] b.”, a 4*