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Rh For the prefix b- from *bi-, , ,, , , , $1$.

brolk$2$ [brȯ‘ᶅk],, contemptuous regarding a person. Doubtless the same word as $2$.

brolket [brȯ‘ᶅkət],, uneven; lumpy; having lump(s) or knot(s); a b. nose, a b. taati [‘potato’].
 * bi-rulkóttr. See $1$,

brolki$1$ [brȯ‘ᶅki],, knot; bump; the meat has been scraped off, de b. o’ de skate; b) instep, de b. o’ de foot. Either directly derived from $1$,   or a mutated form: *bi-rylki;   rylkje,, = rulk.
 * a) backbone of a ray when

brolki$2$ [brȯ‘ᶅki],, a blunt, rough person.  for *, and, in that case, to be classed with brult and brylt,, a vulgar, noisy person. The change bjert > bjerk (and *björt > björk), given under $1$,, may be compared with *brolt > brolk. See $2$,

brolli [brȯᶅɩ],, brother, tabu-name, sea-term. of “bróðir”. ,

bromek [bromək],, 1) a big, stout person, a woman; 2) a fat ewe, slaughtered at Christmas-time, a -b.; ; — brama,, stately, imposing woman; brama,, to glitter; look well; flourish. is rather to be associated with (Dal, Sogn) brumsa,, corpulent, slow (and slipshod) woman (R.).

brɔŋga, -gi],, small (breast-shaped) hill or bank; now only as a place-name. bringr, , hillock; bringa,, breast.
 * brong, *bronga, *brongi [brɔŋ,

bronget, brunget [broŋgət], , of animals, sheep: dark-coloured with light breast or light-coloured with dark breast, a b. sheep. *bringóttr,, from bringa,, breast.

brongi, brungi [brɔŋgi, broŋgi], , =.

brongikwidin, brungi- [broŋ··gikwi·din], , 1) =, white-breasted cormorant. 2) “white-breasted man”, nickname for a man wearing a white waistcoat. , white-breasted ( bringukvítur). See * and.
 * bringuhvíti-nn ( form) of *bringuhvítr,

brongiskarf, brungi- [brɔŋ··giska‘rf·, broŋgi-],, white-breasted cormorant, in contrast to. .
 * bringu-skarfr. See * and

brori [brōri],, bugbear, scarecrow, = ; also of a repulsive, ragged person. . “” must be the same word as (bugbear, scarecrow), used in, and springs from an (*bi-)hræða or (*bi-)hræra; hraeða, ræda,, bugbear, scarecrow. For a root-form “ræðir” (= hræðir) and hrœði = hrœri; see S. Bugge in Arkiv f. nord. Fil. II, 241 f. For the vowel-sound -o in, , , , carcass, = hræ, , carcass; see further Introd.V (also N. Spr. VII), § 25 for dropped i-mutation in Norn. The prefix ,
 * bi-hræra,  “rærir” for
 * bi- in is exemplified under

brosek [brȯᶊək],, bold, quick, active person, a b. o’ a chield; mostly of a woman: a b. o’ a lass. , In  also  [bruᶊək, broᶊək]. brose, bruse, , active, vigorous, stately fellow. [broᶎək] from brysja, ? See ,

broser [brōsər],, a stout, vigorous, stately person; also vigorous, energetic woman (= ).