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90 as in Norse  as in bolster, bolsterstokk is found in in the sense of a joist to which the floor is nailed,  bolster ( to Jam.), that part of a mill in which the axletree moves, while “bouster, bowstar” is given in sense of the bolster of a bed.

but [but, bot],, to buffet; push; also of sea-birds: to dive. butta, botta, butta,, to beat; buffet; push. bout, bowt, , to spring; leap.

buti [buti, boti],, guillemot (sea-bird). Arisen either from butr ( butt,, stub, a piece of wood cut off; but, , inter alia big, stout person) or more  derived from , , in sense of to dive (of sea-birds). See $1$,

tithe of milk-cows. “bow teind, bow-teind” in old deeds concerning church tithe (G.G., Ant. of Shetl., p. 155 ff.). *bú-tíund. bú, , abode, also stock of cattle on a farm; tíund,, tenth; tithe.
 * butiind [būti̇̄nd],, cattle tithe,

bæn [bǣ$ə$n],, of sheep: to bleat.  bæa (bækta), bae,, to bleat.

used by fishermen at sea. *byð-. byða (biða),, vessel; tub; byði (biði),, a milk-pail.
 * bø$1$ [bø̄],, a churn, tabu-word,

with this possibly goes the [bø̄stēn] — see under , 2) home-field. — is used in a few cases as a tabu-name by fishermen at sea, to designate certain farms or home-fields, serving as landmarks,  as a place-name,  de  (de ), a sea-term for  [ᶄȯ‘r··kabi, -pi·], Westing,  [*kirkjubœr]; de bø (Bø) or de, sea-term for “de  [låŋli: *langa-hlíð] o’ ”, a patch of home-  field in Foula. As a place-name (name of farm and village):  and [æks··nabø̄·] in  [*bœr and *øxnabœr]. Otherwise, though rarely, mostly in the form “ [bɩ, bi]” as a suffix in compounded names of farms and villages; thus: [ᶄȯ‘r··kabi·] : in a letter of 24th Nov. 1509; D.N. VI);  [nårbɩ] : *norðrbœr; [tȯp··təbi·, təp··təbi·] : *toptabœr. See further Sh. Stedn. pp. 85—86. — bœr (býr), , farm; bøur,, home-field; bø,, a) farm; b) = bøur. Besides being a suffix in place-names, the form is handed down in the Unst riddle in Norn about the cow, in the  [veg··əbi·], the way to town or farm: *veg(r) í bý.
 * bø$2$ [bø̄],, 1) farm; house;
 * kirkjubœr; [mælbɩ] :
 * meðalbœr (“i Medalbœ a Sandnese”:

bø$wg$ [bø̄],, a low bellowing. An onomatopœic word.

bø [bø̄],, to low softly, of cattle; also of human beings: to emit a sound like a low bellow, in order to frighten someone, to boo; he (is ) at dee. From ,

bøa [bø̄a],, a cow, as a pet-name, = . See $3$, , and ,

bød [bø̄d],, booth; hut; shed, a fisherman’s booth, a small house in which fishing-tackle is kept, and serving as a temporary shelter for the crew of a fishing-boat during the fishing-season. búð,, booth; tent, ; bud, , a) a hut; shed; b) a hut for fishermen, during the fishing-season, “rorbud” (Nordland). corresponds in meaning to bud b, but the vowel ø rather presupposes oo.

bødek,, see.

bødi$3$ [bødi],, flsh-creelfish-creel [sic] made