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76 modified by brisket, ; the second part =  tylling, , lump.

briski,, see ,

brismek [brɩsmək],, cusk (a species of cod), a young cusk (while “tusk” denotes the species or the full-grown fish). brosma,, cusk.

†brist [brɩst, brist],, on the old wooden plough: “breast”, the foremost part of the plough-beam from “de knee” (the bend of the plough-beam where the plough-share is fastened). In its form the word is most like “breast”, but the designation is certainly handed down from the old Norn dialect. , ,

brist [brɩst, brist],, 1) to come or go at great speed (rudely); he cam’ or guid [‘went’] . 2) to “b. on” upon a body, to accost a person very angrily and violently . bresta,, to crash; crack; bresta, “koma brestandi”, of an inconsiderate, headlong gait. In such senses as: a) to walk quickly up-hill, he guid op de hill, and b) to walk quickly against the wind, to geng on upo de wind, has been influenced by breast, , to which it also partly assimilates. In the the word is doubtless influenced by [brɩst, brist],, the form of breast,  — , and

brit [brit, brɩt],, to b. anesell, to stretch oneself in the warmth (in the sunshine or by the fire); he lay him afore de sun, de grice [‘pig’] lay  him afore de fire. bretta, , to raise on end; to bend or to twist backwards; bretta seg = to twist and turn oneself (R.).

britj$w$ [brɩtᶊ],, to cut up, to cut (or saw) into pieces, to b. kail, to cut up cabbage-leaves for the cattle; to b. fish, to cut a fish half through across the back before boiling; to b. a sawstock, to saw a piece of timber in two. Also [brȯtᶊ], : to b. op claes, to cut clothes, stuff, into pieces; , brytja,, to cut up (a slaughtered animal).

†britj$w$ [brɩtᶊ],, to fall or to slip suddenly; hit [‘it’] [brɩtᶊəd, brɩtᶊt] doon [‘down’] or back on me. the same word as britschen, britsa, , to strike.

britjin [brɩtᶊɩn],, a cod, cut half through with a single cut across the back before being put into the pot (in contrast to, , cod with three cuts). *brytjingr. See $1$,

bro$2$ [brō],, characteristic feature or likeness, inherited likeness in features; only reported in negative phrases: shø [‘she’] has no [‘not’] a b. o’ her midder [‘mother’], she has no resemblance to her mother. or  *brá. braa, brå, b. på,, to resemble; take after (= bregda, brägda);  bragð,, inter alia outward appearance (b. 4. Fr.).

bro$b$ [brō],, 1) a bubble of foam, resembling spittle, enclosing an insect; seen in the grass in the fields,  in autumn, and said to cause sickness among cattle; doubtless the name of the insect. 2) butterwort, pinguicula (plant); full of sticky, insect-catching glands and avoided by grazing cattle; — “de coo is eten [‘has eaten’] a b. ut o’ de eart’”, is said of a cow when having cramp in the tongue . The word is usually applied in the phrase “to bite (upo) de b.”; “shø [‘she’] has bitten de b.”, of a