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66 of land, promontory, — *; now only as a place-name (with prefixed ), thus: a), the east point of the Isle of Mousa ; b) with suffix -: de, rocky point; c) : fishermen’s sea-term (tabu-name) for the foreland “de Head o’ de Navar”, used as a landmark by which to find fishing-grounds. — The names a and c almost merge into common nouns. — borða, , and borði, , parallel forms to barð, , brim; edge; margin (see O.Rygh, N.G., Introd., p. 43).  Borðan [bō$w$ran] as the name of the south point of the Isle of Nolsø.  “bōrd” may be either *borð- or *barð ( “gōrd” from “garðr”, “vōrd” from „“ [sic]varða” or “varði”), whereas “bȯr(r), bȯrdək” must certainly be derived from *borð-. The “bərd-” might also be taken to be a “*-”,  of, projecting part of the coast . The sea-term for “de  o’ Musa”, used by fishermen, is “de or  [bərdək (berdək)]”.
 * barð, thus : de Berdins [bərdɩns],

bord$ə$ [bȯrd],, young; brood, hatching; der’r a b. i’ de egg; , ; b) young seal ; her (de seal’s) b. was wi’ her; c) of offspring, young animals in general, chiefly jocularly or contemptuously of human beings — except when used as a form of address — always disparagingly: brood, a bony b.; d) as a term of address, to children and young persons, endearingly: my b.! my sweet b.! my dear little one, my love! similar to the now more “jewel, my jewel!”  . In Fair Isle  [būrd] is found as a term of endearment: my b.! —  burðr,, bearing; then the act of giving birth; fetus; offspring; descent.  burd,  , offspring. — In sense of movement; propulsion,  [*burðr] is found in some : , , , (-, -, -),.
 * a) young of birds; young before

bordaskep [bȯr··dasᶄɛp·],, whirlpool; current, or part of a current, setting in at flood-tide, forming eddies between rocks and skerries; a b. o’ de tide, lesser current, eddy, issuing from the main stream. burðar-skæp? or -skepl? burður, , inter alia, current, drift of current. The second part to be classed either with skjæpa,, to speed along, or with skjeplast,, to displace; to be confused or agitated ( skeplast,, to get out of order; skjaplask, skjǫplask, , to fail; forsake). — See further ,

bordet [bȯrdət], of bird’s eggs, the eggs of hens: containing young; de egg is b., there is young in the egg.  of, , brood.

bordin [bȯrdin],, plank in the side of a boat, immediately above “the ” ( denoting the plank just above the water; sólborð). the same word as, ;

borek [bɔrək, bȯrək],, a short, breaking wave; he made a b. at de boat’s starn, a choppy wave broke at the boat’s stern. and  [bɔrək]; , [bȯrək]. bára, , a little wave; wave-motion.

boren [bōrən],, in the phrase “b. grund [grȯnd, grønd]”: fishing-ground often visited and too much exploited, therefore bare of fish, = (“raked”) or grund, to uvart grund. is a bard,  of berja, a) beaten; b) battered; worn out. For this explanation brimbortend,
 * barinn, beaten; flogged;