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52 plot of mould; sometimes also “a b.”, a stony plot of ground. spot..
 * blettr; and  blettur,, a

bletta [blɛta, blæta] -fluke, , plaice. ; spotted flounder. ,
 * bletta-(flóki). bletta:  See

blettet [blæ‘tət],, spotted, of sheep; “twaa-b.”, having two spots, of a sheep having a white spot on the top of its head and a white spot on its nose. *blettóttr. See ,

blide [bläid],, gentle; kind; mild; he is no “blide i’ de broo”, he looks angry, in bad humour. blíðr,,  blithe, blyde, and blithe, mean glad; joyous, and are accordingly used in a somewhat different sense.

blidin [blidɩn] and blødin [blødɩn], adjectivally in the “a b. calm”, calm weather and sea, of warm weather. is doubtless the form of the two words; has arisen through a misunderstanding, the word having been regarded as “bleeding”; ,, blood, and , , to bleed. With “ calm” it is reasonable to compare blíðalogn,, calm weather and sea. One might, however, also think of bliktalogn = blikalogn,, dead calm ( blikta,, to gleam; flash, and  , , , from *blikt), or of a connection with blidra,, to tremble; vibrate (with intermittent gleams of light).

blig [blɩg, bleg],, = $1$. ,  blik,, (shine) something gleaming, pale or white; blik,, white spot, on a rock. The  might, however, as well be an of  and allied to bleikja,

blikken [blɩkən],, 1) to turn pale; he  wi’, he turned pale (on account of something); and : hann bliknaði við. 2) to fade; wither; de taatis [‘potatoes’] is. blikna, , to turn pale.

blind$n$ [blɩnd],, 1) = : a glint; gleam; gleam of light; mostly negatively in as: der’r [‘there is’] no [‘not’] a b. o’ light within de door; no a b. o’ fire, o’ oil (lamp-oil); no.no [sic] a b. i’ de lamp; we canno get a b. ut o’ dese peats. , 2) a wink of sleep; doze; I’m no sleepet [‘slept’] a b. de night [‘to-night’]. , *blindr, parallel form to blundr,, a wink of sleep. and, which are used like, , in both senses of this word.

blind$n$ [blɩnd],, a species of spider with very long legs, daddy-longlegs, found in the pasture, on peaty soil. Noted down in the “Sara [sāra]-blind”, in which “Sara” is = Soro from “Sorrow”, a name for the devil. The name “blind” can be explained from the insect’s natural avoidance of light. blindklegg and blinding, blinding,, horse-fly, tabanus.

blind [blɩnd],, 1) blind. 2) very dense and dark, of mist, a b. mist. blindr,, blind.

blind [blɩnd],, 1) to make blind, — blinda. 2) in the “to b. de een”, to slumber; close the eyes ; also with object omitted: I’m no de night, I did not sleep a wink last night ; *blinda, parallel form to blunda,, to slumber; see $1$, 2.

blindho [blɩnd·hō·],, another name for the so-called, a small, dark-coloured shark, spotted and without dorsal fin (mustelus). as being blind.
 * blindr hár. Regarded by fishermen