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vated piece of land limited by a depression on the one side; Da. bakke. No. “bakke” also = ledge in a peat-pit (R.). — See bank, sb.

bakkagrof [ba‘k··agrȯf·], bakkagrøf [-grøf·], sb., peat-pit below the so-called “(peat-)bank” or ledge where the peats are cut; a hollow into which the uppermost turf of the peat-bank is thrown before the actual peat-cutting begins; Uⁿ. Also in such forms as bakkgref [bakrɛf] (Uⁿ.), baggagrof [baga-, baγagrȯf], baggref [bagræf] and bagref [bāgræf]: U., Y., etc. *bakkagrǫf (O.N. bakki, m., ledge; edge; bank; O.N. grǫf, f., ditch; hollow).

bakkalist [ba‘k··alıst·], sb., prop. edge of the sea? now only in certain phrases, as: to geng trough [‘through’] or aboot [‘about’] de hale [‘whole’] b., to search far and wide; to search everywhere (out of doors, away from the house), prop., perhaps to walk along the whole shore; he wakend [wākənd] de hale b., he awakened the whole neighbourhood. Fe. The first part of the compd. is doubtless O.N. bakki, m., edge; bank; (steep) coast, see bakk; the second part might be the syn. O.N. lista, f., a strip; edge; rim, in place-names sometimes denoting a tract of coast; tongue of land, as No. Lista, Lister, Sw. (Blekinge) Lister, Listershuvud.

baklengi [bak··lɛŋ·gi], sb., a strip cut out lengthways from the back of a halibut (opp. to “belly-lengi”). O.N. baklengja, f., the back-strip of the hide (Fr.). See lengi, sb.

baklim [baklım], sb., hind-leg of an animal. *baklimr.

baklins [baklıns], adv., backwards. *baklengis (No. baklengjes).

bakravi [bakrāvi], sb., a fat strip, nearest the fins, cut from the back of a halibut (opp. to “belly-ravi”). *bak-rafr. See ravi, sb.

bak-sare [baksɛ̄r, -sēr], adj., sore on the back, esp. of a horse, = O.N. baksárr, adj. The form “sare” is L.Sc.

baksnød [bāksnød], sb., on a haddock-line: small length of line, fixed to the long-line (de bak). See snød, sb.

baksten [baksten], sb., “back-stone”, stone (set on edge) forming the back of the hearth. Phrase: as black as de b. *bak-steinn.

baksuk [baksuk], sb., backwash of the waves after having broken on the shore. S.Sh. *bak-súgr. More comm.: utsuk. See suk, sb.

bal [bal], sb., noise; uproar; merriment, only noted in the intensive compd. gobal; q.v. No. bal, n., noise; alarm; uproar.

bald [bāld], adj., (bold), quick; skilful; good; mostly in compar.: balder [bāldər], a corn balder, a little quicker, better, brisker. Assimilates in meaning to Sw. (dial.) “bål” from O.N. *bald-, see Ri. Slightly diff. from L.Sc. bauld (Eng. bold).

baldi, sb., see baldin.

baldi [baldi], vb., fisherman’s phrase; tabu-phrase at sea, used with reference to the ling: b. her! close its (the ling’s) eyes (when protruding from its head). Yⁿ. Origin uncertain.

baldin [baldin, bäᶅdin, -dın], sb., the fishermen’s tabu-name at sea for the halibut; N.I. baldien [bal··diən·]: Wh.; baldi [baldi], de “gley’d” (the squint-eyed) b.: De^w. May be O.N. baldinn, adj., powerful; head-strong; defiant. Remarkable (chance?) likeness to Lapp. baldes, halibut (V.Th.).

balker [bä‘ᶅkər], sb., a lump, esp. of a large, round stone, the sinker on a fishing hand-line or long-line. N.I.? Allied to No. balk, m., knot, etc., deriv. of “ball”. Cf. ballisten and bolker.

ball [bal, bäᶅ], sb., a round lump; small bundle; tangled knot; something in disorder, in a b., tangled.