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Rh ) his boats de day [‘to-day’]. bræða,, to tar; coat with tar (bráð). From Yell  has been recorded * [brø̄], , in the sense: to tar, to b. de , to tar the boat (tabu-, used by fishermen).

bredband [bredbānd],, in the “to lie on b.”, of a sheaf of corn on the field which has become wet, and from which the band has been loosened: to lie spread (on the band) for drying.  breida, , to spread hay to dry. For the “lie on b.”, “ligga på bredsel”, of grass or flax, laid out to dry.

bredd [bred(d)],, breadth, breidd,

breg$n$ [brēg, brē$n$g],, a stripe, disfiguring or discoloured stripe (in woollen yarn or cloth, stuff); grey bregs trough [‘through’] red or blue ; often of drab stripes in woollen yarn, resulting from poor mixing of the wool, darker stripes in light-coloured worsted . As [rēg] and  [ri̇̄g], without initial b, are found in the same sense as, this word may, in all probability — taken in with the other words with the prefix “” (about) (see, , , ) — be derived from an *bi-reik (or -reikr); reik,, a stripe; line ( “reik”, handed down in the sense of parting in the hair; reikur, , ).

breg$1$ [brɛg, breg, brēg],, additional ear-mark in sheep, added to the old mark or marks, when a flock has changed owners; altered sheep-mark (ear-mark). [breg, brɛg]. [brēg, breg]. [breg]. *bregði (brigði),, of “bragð”; see  , , and ,

bregd [brɛgd] and breg [brɛg, breg, brēg],, I) : to braid; twine; plait,  of plaiting a thin rope, for a fishing hand-line, quadruple plaiting; to b. , (see “skog” and “tom”, ). Also  [brɩgd]. II) : 1) to sew together; to stitch,  a button-hole; [brɛg]. 2) to change a sheep-mark, to add a new ear-mark to the old mark (or marks), to b. fae (frae) a mark, to b. de sheep; de sheep is ; [brɛg, breg]; [brēg]; see , —  bregða,, a) to alter; shift, ; b) to braid; twine; plait. — In sense of to plait; braid, the form [brēd] is now most used in, and has doubtless arisen from bregða, but is certainly formed through of braid,, in same sense.

breget [brēgət],, striped, having darker, disfiguring stripes, of worsted and cloth; b. oo’ [‘wool’], a b. piece o’ claith [‘cloth’]. , : *bi-reikóttr; reikutt, , striped. $ə$,, as well as  and , braikit,, is (speckled, from breac).

breid [brɛid, bræid],, 1) , to sprout; grow, of corn: de corn is weel [‘well’] de year [‘this year’], the corn grows well this year. 2)  , of cultivated land: to produce corn; yon [‘that’]  better as [‘than’] ony idder [‘any other’], on that field (that farm) better corn is grown than on any other. *brydda (from “broddr”,, a shoot, shoot of corn); brydda, , to sprout, of corn; grass. — differs in the vowel-sound from breed, , which has occasioned the transitive use of the word.

brekk [bræk] and brek [brɛ̄$w$k, brǣ$2$k],, hillock; ridge; elongated mound. From  “brek [brɛ̄$1$k, brǣ$ə$k]” is reported as a common