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Rh where the current is strongest. Allied to bunsa,, to burst out; rush violently on, ; bounce, For the change of sound “uns” > ȯndᶎ, ȯᶇdᶎ [skȯndᶎ (skɔndᶎ)] from *skunza,

bor$n$ [bōr, bō$1$r],, hole; opening; trough [‘through’] every b. and corner. bora,, hole; opening; bore, — Also [bōr, bō$ə$r],, to pierce (a hole), bora, bore,  Used of sun and moon: to appear through breaks in the clouds,, , is certainly (Jam. has: bor, bore, , in sense of opening in the clouds).

bor$ə$ [bȯr],, the upper welt of a shoe, the edge of a piece of hide sewn to a shoe. In some cases, the word is merely used of the welt on the one side of a shoe;, of the welt all round the shoe. is also: instep of a shoe (or foot).,  borða, , margin; brim; strip. Besides , a form [bōrd]  is found in the sense of border, of a woman’s bonnet or cap, = bord,

bor$2$, borr [bȯr(r)],, breeze; slight squall of wind, — , .

bora [bora],, moss-rush, Juncus squarrosus (Hibbert), b. or b.-girs [‘grass’], written “burra”. A form [bȯro] is noted down in  [bȯri]: In borður [bō$3$rȯr],, and borð(a)gras [bō$ə$r(a)græas],, designate the same plant;  bordegras (boregras),, from borda, a long, narrow leaf, really, edge; brim; band; strip, borða, The forms,  refer to a root-form *borða,  borðu. —, , , , see ,.

borastikkel [bor·astɩk·əl],, stalk of rush, rush,, with bud at the top; in, : borastikkels. The second part is, , stalk.

borbakk [borbak, bȯrbak, bȯrbək], borbank, borbenk [bȯrba‘ŋk, -bɛ‘ŋk], , 1*) rocky ledge. 2) low ridge of earth; longish mound both natural and artificial. 3) grass-grown strip of land alongside a cultivated patch or at the foot of a bank. The word is used in (, , ) in senses 1, 2 and 3. 4) the green slope of the back of a turf-dike ( to the steep foreside, “the breast”); 5) a low, supporting wall of earth and stone, built outside, against the wall of a house or byre; ; ; 6) a longish seat or bench of green turf ( rush-grown turfs: -divots), partly with substratum of stones, along the wall of a house. The forms of  are distributed thus: borbak: ; bȯrbak: ; bȯrba‘ŋk: — further forms are also found, such as: a) [bərba‘ŋk], [berbə‘ŋk]  =  6 (bench, seat), and b)  [bȯ‘rsbe‘ŋk] (As a place-name, name of some rocky ledges, is found in  : de o’, and in Yell (in de West Nips, ):  [bɔ‘rsa]-bank. — The root-forms : *barð-bakki and *barð-benkr (forms beginning with -, - presuppose a : barðs). barð,, brim; edge; margin, in  place-names more  of a rocky ledge on a mountain side (N.G., Introd., p. 43). benk, , (bench) inter alia of a long, narrow terrace on a mountain slope (Aa.), ledge in a peat-pit; wall of turf (R.). For - see further  and , ; - see $ə$,
 * bȯrbe‘ŋk (-bɛ‘ŋk): ; bȯrbɛ‘ŋk:
 * ) = 1, 2 and 3.

bərdək] and *borr [bȯr(r)],, point 5
 * bord$h$ [bōrd], *bordek [bȯrdək,