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68 as  (Jam.), a small current in the sea issuing from a strong main stream. — burðr,, carrying; leading, ; burður, b. av streymi, current; drift of current. — In  is also used of the direction in which a boat is steered, in phrases such as; “lay her. (= the boat) upon anidder [’‘ [sic]another’] b.!”; but here it points rather to board,  [bø̄rd], plank in a boat, in the given = side of a boat.

bort,, see ,

bos [bos, bɔs (bȯs)],, litter of straw and hay, refuse of straw and hay forming a bird’s nest. bos, bås, n., litter, straw for litter; waste straw or hay.

bos [bos],, to produce a faint, rustling sound, by stirring up straw, hay, ; der’r a moose [‘mouse’] or cat among de strae [‘straw’], der’r a moose i’ de strae or meal. *bosa; of *bos,,   bosa, , to litter with waste hay or straw.

boser [bōsər],, see.

bosk,, see.

bossi, bussi [boᶊɩ]-needle, , a short, coarse needle, darning-needle: Reported by J.I. bossenaal, “baassnaal”, (R.), triangular bone-needle for sewing a pack-saddle and pack-saddle padding, coarse bodkin (bossa,, a pad under the saddle or horse-collar).

bost$n$ [bȯst],, attack of peevishness; bad humour; de(r) were [‘there was’] a ill b. upon him. Partly =,. “brush”, burst, See further under , Can scarcely be associated with $1$.

bost$2$ [bɔst, båst],, a short spell of bad weather., Allied to bausta and busta, , to rush violently on,  ,

bost [bɔst, båst],, to speak harshly and angrily, threateningly, to b. at ane; he at him. bausta and busta,, to rush onward; to make a noise. See $2$,

bosten, bostet,, see , , and.

botel,, see.


 * botistiind,, see *,

botli [botli],, blind gut in sheep. botn and botning, , blind gut in ruminants. In botning (botn, bytning) denotes the hindmost or fourth stomach of a ruminant, also called “vinster”. — either for * or  of a  *botn-langi; botnlange, “botlangje”, (R.), = botning.

bətən, bɔƫən, båƫən], *boiten, a) a little round valley; deep hollow; b) a semicircular valley, open towards the sea, partly also c) a little round bay in front of a valley, resembling botn b. The word is now found only in place-names, but its meaning, on account of its comparatively occurrence, is understood by the common people in several places. Uncompounded, the word is mostly found with the prefixed  “de B.” Among the many  forms of, the softened forms: “bɔitən (bɔittən), bȯitən, bɔƫən (båƫən), bɔᶁən” are peculiar to ; and further, boiten [bɔitən] is noted down,  in and  On  the forms of “bɔtən, båtən, bȯtən, bətən” are found. The  “bətən” is noted down,  in Black Botn (, on the north side of Rønis Hill), Easter and Waster [‘west-’] Botn, de Bottens (Reawick, ), de Bottens (, at the foot of Hamnafell Hill), Libotn [li̇̄·bət·ən] (, ;
 * botn, *botten [bɔtən (båtən), bȯtən,
 * boitten [bɔitən (bɔittən), bȯitən] and
 * bodn, *bodden [bɔdən, bɔᶁən], ,