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74 the form [brȯm]. brim,, surf. In is used: a) [bräim] of spray from the surf (the  influenced by brime,, =  brine), and: b)  [brɩma] of vapour or mist-like spray rising from heavy surf; the last form is certainly an of “-stew” (see -stew). From Woodwick, , is noted down in the same sense as, -stew.

brima,, see.

brimaskodd [brɩm··askȯd·],, = -“stew”. For the second part of the see , (drizzling rain; mist).

brima-stew,, see -stew.

, of the bottom of the sea, fishing-ground: quite stripped of fish; de wis [‘was’] a’ [‘all’] b., tabu- at sea: there was no fish to be had on the fishing-ground (de wolhard). lashed by surf, of a barren, naked coast, and in transferred sense of a barren sea-bottom. ,
 * brimbortend [brɩm·bå‘r·tənd],
 * *brim-barðr, really, beaten,

brimek [brɩmək],, mock-sun; part of a rainbow; = $1$. *brim- (fire, flame, ). Perhaps the same word as ,

brimer [bremər],, male of a large species of seal. An older and form: *. Edm. has: “, a very old female seal”. brimill,, a species of large seal; brimul,, ; brimill, brimil,, a large male seal.

brimi [brimi, brɩmi, brɩ̄mi], brima [brɩma], brim [bri̇̄m, bri$s$m, brim, brɩm], bräim, bräima [bräim(a)], brem, brema [brē$n$m(a)],, 1) wave of heat rising from a fire ( from the fire on the hearth), de o’ de fire; [brimi]; —  heat and smoke from the fire on the hearth, a  o’ reek [‘smoke’]: [brim]; a  o’ reek (locality uncertain); — direction which the smoke from the fire-place takes, to sit i’ de [bri̇̄$ə$m, brɩm] or [bri̇̄v] o’ de reek ; to sit i’ de  or  . 2) aurora borealis (in the form of a bright fog-bank), a  [brimi] o’ pretty dancers (pretty dancers = aurora b.);. 3) narrow strip of clouds, strip of fog or mist,  of a somewhat light or yellowish (dull) colour, a or [brɩm] ower de sky ; bank of clouds,  of a dull yellowish colour (regarded as harbinger of wind or snow), der’r [‘there is’] a i’ de nort’ ; reddish clouds on the horizon at sunset (harbinger of wind); a windy [brɩm],  , light wind-clouds,  reddish clouds foreboding wind; — light fog or mist (light-coloured), a  o’ mist ; a misty  : on the horizon or along a hillside; “a misty ” (mist-like spray from the surf along the shore), recorded from, refers, on the other hand, rather to , , surf; — a snaw [‘snow’]- or snawy , light mist or bank of clouds, foreboding snow, der’r a snawy b. ower (upo) de hill . , recorded from Woodwick, , is allied to $ə$, — brimi, , fire ; brimi, , flaming fire. The meanings of  , , given under 3, must be considered as being developed from meaning 1 (meaning 2 forming a link), as the word “fire” has been used in transferred sense of bright, flame-coloured clouds — latterly in a wider sense. It may be remarked, with reference to the  “a windy b.”,