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88 pin, to b. de ; to b. ut de wick o’ de, to pull up the wick. A form [bȯ‘rt] is noted down in More rarely [bə‘rt]. birta,, to make light; brighten; birta and byrta,, inter alia to quicken a fire; snuff the wick in a lamp (train-oil lamp; birta kolu; byrta kola). Ross gives with hesitation a form “burta” from

burter [bo‘rtər],, a wooden pin with which the wick in an open train-oil lamp is trimmed and pulled up to make it burn brighter. byrtar,, a pin with which to trim a lamp.

bus [bus, būs, b$n$ūs],, 1) precipitation; excessive (and somewhat noisy) haste . 2) agitated state of the sea; de sea is in a b., the sea is in uproar (: b$o$ūs). 3) short period of stormy and partly rainy weather, a b. [bus] o’ wadder [‘weather’]: 4) a blazing fire, a b. [bus] o’ a fire, = $w$, — *bus (rushing forward, ). bus,, something excessively violent, violent storm; busa,, inter alia: to blow hard. —  [busəl, bosəl], haste; busy, hurried activity, in a b. , assimilates in meaning to “bustle”,, but the pronunciation with u points to a of ; under ,

bus [bus],, 1) , a) to go precipitately; rush on; he cam’ in (into) de hoose ; to b. on, to walk very fast ; b) to make a pretence of activity, to b. aboot de hoose . 2) , a) to “b. on” a fire, to light a big fire in a hurry ; b) to b. togedder, to pack up something in a great hurry. and busa, buse,, to rush blindly forward or along. , busa (bu‘sa: R.) = to fling, with , in sense of to pack up in a hurry. —  [busəl, bosəl], , to be in a hurried activity, a body ., almost assimilates in meaning to “bustle”,, but the with u points to a of.

busbas [bus·bas·],, great noisy haste; he cam’ wi’ a b., he came with a rush. The first part of the  is, ;  The second part: *bas;  basa, , to rollick; make a noise; basa,, to spring; jump along.

busel, and, see , and

busel [busəl, bosəl],, to litter animals, rake up the straw in the litter, to b. among de strae [‘straw’]. *busla. “busslä”, , of swine: to root up the litter, make a lair.  bus,, = bos, litter,.

busen [būsən and : būzən], , 1) of fire: big, blazing, a b. fire: 2) very active, energetic; fairly ; also [būsom] . boosam,, = 2 . bussen and byssjen,, big; powerful; in hot haste, that goes in head foremost (bussa, ). bousum, bowsom, , has a different sense (pliant; tractable; glad; gay), but the change - > - in the suffix of the (and ) word may be due to the of the word.

buser [būsər]. , a well-developed, vigorous person; also [bōsər]. buse and bose (bause),, a well-fed, vigorous (vigorous-looking) person.

busigget [bū·sɩg·ət],, of an animal ( a horse or cow); having a stiff shoulder-joint, caused by dislocation; a b. mare, horse or coo. *bóg-siggóttr or -siggaðr (“stiff-shouldered”). bógr, , , shoulder of an animal;