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Rh *bri [bri̇̄],, to sharpen, to b. de (the knife) tabu- among fishermen. For *brin. , brýna,, to sharpen.

†brid [bri̇̄d],, in the “to b. de flow”, to begin to be flood-tide, of the turn of the tide; he (is ) de flow. Opposite to: to de (to be at ebb). — In this case, a peculiarly local application of breed,, but in the above-mentioned application might well come from Norn: brydda (to start showing prong or point; to goad; urge forward)?   broddur, , (sting; point) tide at its highest; to come in (a-), to come in sight; show oneself. One might also compare brigða (bregða),, to swing; change; turn; bend (thus: brigda, ).

brids [bri̇̄ds],, midriff; separating membrane between the thorax and abdomen. the same word as bræda,, or bræde, , planks; boards ( of a book); brim. Like the -word  ( = the brims?).  bræda is used: a) in the sense of brim in the ; b) of each of the two halves into which a log of wood is cleft (R.). also halsbræ(d)e, , each of the two long, flat muscles (sterno-cleido-mostoideus) along the trachea (R.). ( to Ross.) the word is also found in (bräe).

brigd [brɩgd],, to braid; twine; twist (a rope, for a fishing hand-line), =, ; to b. (see, ). Also “ [brɩgdɩn]-keys” or [brɩgdis],, apparatus for twisting a thin rope or line (fishing hand-line), and consisting of two pieces of wood, one for each hand, each having two protruding pins at the top on the same side. -keys: : bregða,, to braid; twine; plait. seems,  to the ɩ-sound, to come from “brigða”, parallel form to “bregða”, but only handed down in sense (to change; overthrow; transpose, ). The relation of the vowels in is, however, not conclusive.

brigda [brɩgda], brigdi [brɩgdi], , basking shark (the largest species of shark); brugda, brygda, brigde,, Also called , -, *sól-brugða, -brygða, because the basking shark usually basks in the sunshine on the surface of the sea.

brigdis,, see under ,

†brigg [brɩg],, a bridge; bryggja, (= brú),  brigg, bridge. de b. o’ de nose, the bridge of the nose. “ de b., at [‘that’] bears dee ower”, praise the bridge you safely cross (proverbial phrase: praise nothing before it has been well tried). in  has entirely superseded ( brú) as the usual designation for bridge, owing to influence. —, and : , , are used also of stone pavement or courtyard before a house or outhouses. The word [brɩg·stens·], corresponding to “stein(a)brú”, pavement, is found in the old phrase: “as auld [‘old’] as de ”, = “gamall sem steinabrú” (Fld. III, 61$n$), of something very ancient.

brill [bril],, buoy of hide, fishing-buoy; tabu-word used by fishermen at sea. ,  the same word as prilla,, a skin of an animal made into a sack (lýsiprilla, hide-sack for keeping oil in). For the change p > b,,.

brim [brɩm],, surf, breaking of the waves on the shore, or the sound thereof. Also sometimes in