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Rh of straw or dried stalks of dock; denotes not only a fish-creel, but a carrying-basket in general; peat-, peat-basket. : tub. byði (biði),, milk-pail. d in might, however, also have arisen from an original tt ( bytta,, tub; vessel).
 * [bjødi]: In
 * byð-. byða (bia),, wooden

bødi$2$ [bø̄di, bødi] and bøti [bøti], , a strip of land; : a) a strip of peat-bog along the edge of a peat-bank (see, peat-bank, and , ); new layer taken up for peat-cutting; he’s ta’en [‘has taken’] a b. ahint [‘behind’] me, he has begun to cut a strip of the peat-bog behind me; [bø̄di, bø̄ti]; b) a strip of grass-land (a patch of home-field, laid out for grazing), a o’ girs [‘grass’];  [bødi]. — In place-names (names of small patches of ground, tilled ground), mostly in the forms [bødi] and [bøt] as the second part of a — *bœti, of bót, , a patch; piece;  bot, , a patch; small piece, of a field.

bøggin [bøgin],, = $n$,

bøl [bøl],, 1) litter; resting-place for animals (sheep; cows; horses); sheep-fold; enclosure; in some cases of a poor couch or jokingly of a bed ; also a place where fishing-lines are spread to dry, a line-b. . 2*) residence; farm, in the “head-”, an allodial farm and dwelling (formerly), = *-place. also in special sense = head-b. Balfour gives “bull” and “head-bull” with the definition: “the principal farm of the Odalsjord”. — In place-names: [bōl, bol], [būl, bul], [būli, buli] and, denoting resting-place for animals; unstressed [bəl], as the second part in the names [kūbəl] and  -,   [sø̄bəl, sōbəl (ᶊōbəl)], resting-place for cows and sheep respectively: *kúból and *sauðból — ból,, a) resting-place; b) abode; farm. With  “head-” hǫfuðból,, chief dwelling of a landed proprietor (Fr.).

bøl [bøl],, 1) , to drive cattle, sheep or horses to a certain resting-place (bøl), to b. de kye [‘cows’], sheep, horses; also  [bul, bol], to  de horses . 2)  , of animals, grazing in the pasture: to rest in a certain place; de sheep in sicc a place, the sheep rest in such and such a place. *bœla; bæla,, to get the animals (cattle, sheep) to rest, b. fé; and  bøla, , to prepare a resting-place ( ból). “bœla” is handed down in sense of to let out land.

bøli$n$ [bø̄li],, breeding-place for sea-fowl (on a ledge of a high sea-cliff); in such a breeding-place; bœli,, resting-place; haunt ( of “ból”).
 * Also a flock of sea-fowl

bøli$2$ [bø̄li, bø̄$h$li],, heap; conglomerate mass, a b. o’ stens (heap of stones), o’ girs [‘grass’], o’ weeds . Orkney: “a [bøl],  o’ taatis [‘potatoes’]. Doubtless to be classed with the preceding ; bål$1$,, scrap-heap; mound, bala,, to heap up, and bala,, to build a nest (with bale, , bird’s nest, breeding-place, $2$). also bøla,, to rummage; stuff; pack, (R.).

bøli$ə$ [bø̄li, bø̄$2$li],, 1) ominous warning: unlucky word, in connection with fishing ( the unlucky meeting with someone, to old belief, when the fisherman is going to his boat, and likewise the breaking of tabu-rules at sea). 2) tremendous oath, a b. o’ oath; he laid