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62 a pair o’, a pair of big, wide eyes;, ; to water de , of children: to cry ; in also  jokingly of the ears; bȯᶅək, boᶅək:, bȯᶅək: bǫllr,, a ball; globe; lump.

bollek$n$ [bȯᶅək],, foolish talk; tattle; nonsense; a lock [‘lot’] o’ b., to speak b. *bull,, bubbling; seething; boiling, in, and also meaning incoherent or unintelligible talk; jabber; nonsense.

bollen,, see $n$,

bolleti [bɔl··əti·, bol··əti·], , round, in the phrase “a b. sten”, a small, round stone; pebble. bǫllóttr,, globular; round. $n$ and ,

bolli$n$ [boli],, (small) round stone; pebble; in :. the same word as $n$: bǫllr; see  , , and.

my b.! my little darling! “lump”. ? May be either bǫllr,, globe; lump, or bolli,, something round ( small vessel), in also head; forehead. bodda,
 * bolli$n$ [bȯᶅɩ],, fondling address:

Balfour. to Edm., “bollman”, small holder, pronounced “bow-man”, is found in $2$,, and $n$,
 * “bolman”,, a farmer; lessee.

bolnokki [bål·nɔk·i, bȯl-],, the nearest fishing-hook under the sinker (de ) of a fishing hand-line or long-line; tabu-name at sea for “-hook”. See and.

bols, bolz [bȯldᶎ, bəldᶎ],, to press; squeeze; to nip, in play, wrestling; he  him = he him. (?). is  a parallel form to, , from *balsa ( balsa, , to disport oneself; to press down or together);   bulsa, , to form pads or protuberances.

bolsten [bȯl·sten·, bål·-],, a sinker (of a fishing hand-line, long-line). [bȯl-, bål-] and [bȯl-]. In Foula: [bɔd··lasten·, bōd··la-] and uncompounded [bɔdlər, bōdlər]. In Eshaness : [bɔ‘l··tusten·, bōl··tu-], now obsolete. — and from an old *bolla-steinn ( bolli,, something round) or lump) —  and $2$, For the change a > o see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII) § 1. = “bǫllr” with preserved -r (for change ll > dl in Foula see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 42. - (from a word *bolta?) appears to be another word and to be allied to, The above-mentioned names for the sinker were applied as tabu-names by fishermen at sea. Usual name: , .
 * ballar-steinn ( bǫllr,, globe;

bolt (bult) [bo‘lt, and more : bȯ‘ᶅt],, big, clumsy figure; a b. [bo‘lt] o’ a sheaf, a bulky sheaf of corn; — something round, prominent; a lump; knot ( on the body), partly = $1$. [bȯ‘ᶅt, bo‘lt]. [bȯ‘ᶅt]. A of is the form  [bȯ‘ᶅti (bå‘ᶅti)], , of something plump: a) large, round potato ; b) sleek, well-fed animal. *boltr or *bultr. boltr,, bundle (D.N.), bylt. , ,

bolt [bå‘lt],, to swallow greedily, in large mouthfuls; to bolt food.. to be classed with bolka,, to drink excessively, in great gulps.

bolter (bulter) [bo‘ltər, bȯ‘ᶅtər], , a large, round stone.  the same word as, , from “boltr,