Page:An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland Part I.pdf/157

to b. in. Uⁿ. Parallel form to the foll. word.

bekel, bekkel (bjekel, bjekkel) [bɛkəl, bækəl, bjɛkəl, bjækəl], vb., 1) to wrest; twist; put out of shape. Fo. [bɛkəl]; U. [bækəl, bjɛkəl, Uⁿ.: bjækəl]; de heel (o’ de shoe) is bjek(k)eld doon (U.); fig.: to bjek(k)el a person, to have entirely the upperhand of a person (Uⁿ.). 2) to walk clumsily, crookedly, to geng [‘go’] skevlin and beklin; Fo. [bɛkəl]. — *bekla (or *beksla); Fær. bekla, vb., to walk crookedly; No. begla (doubtless bekla), vb., to bungle; botch, and “beksla”, to walk clumsily. For a possible change ksl > kl cf. Shetl. jakkel from “jaxl”, jokkel from “ǫxl”.

bekk¹ [bæ‘k], sb., transverse tie (wooden beam) under each of the thwarts in a boat; wooden beam joining the ribs of a boat. Conn. O.N. bekkr, m., a seat; Fær. bekkur, m., thwart in a boat; No. bekk, m., = Shetl. bekk. Cf. fastiband, fastibekk and hadiband.

*bekk² (*bakk) and *bekki, *bakki, sb., a brook, water-course. Now used only in place-names and then rarely, e.g.: Lomabekk [lom··abæk·, -bak·], a brook in St. That the word was used formerly is evident from Sibbald (in Descr. of Orkney and Zetland) where among other examples of Shetl. words a “backie” is cited with the foll. explanation: “a small, running water which gave rise to the surname of the people of that name”. O.N. bekkr, m., a brook.

*bekkabung [bɛ‘k··aboŋ·, bæ‘k··a-], sb., brooklime, thick-leaved speedwell (plant), veronica beccabunga, = No. bekkbung, Sw. beckbunga, bäckböna. Reported by J. I. It is difficult to decide whether this is an old Shetl. name for the plant or only the Lat. name (Norse latinized) which has found its way in. bekka- is O.N.

bekkr, m., brook, and with the second part of the compd. cf. bung in Shetl. okrabung and helmabung.

beldin [beᶅdın], sb., big lump, a b. o’ a sten, a round, clumsy stone, a b. o’ a brøni, a thick, round cake. Fe. Deriv. of O.N. bǫllr (lump; globe); see ball and balli, sb. With beldin may poss. be compared Sw. dial. ballting, m., ball, knot, Icel. böllti, m., globe, and bölltr, m., elevation (B.H.). beldin might, however, also be a parallel form to bellin 2 in the same sense, q.v.; reg. ld for ll one might, in this case, compare hondin = honnin (*hyrningr).

belg [bɛᶅg, beⁱlg (bɛⁱlg)], sb., amnion, esp.: a) chorion of a cow, b) membrane in which a foal is born. Fe. O.N. belgr, m., belly.

belget [bælgət] and belliget [bæl··ıgət·], adj., gluttonous; greedy, esp, of cattle, a b. creature. Y^h. *belgóttr, from “belgr”, belly, paunch. Cf. No. belga (belgja), vb., to fill the stomach.

belgjin [bɛldᶎın, bɛl··dᶎiən·], sb., sudden, violent shower, a sleety b. Yⁿ. *belgingr, m., prop. a bellyful; cf. No. vindbelg, m., dense, windy cloud, and Icel. belgingr, m., stiff wind.

beli [beli, bɛli, bēli], bella, belja [beᶅa, bɛᶅa (bəᶅa)] and belli [beᶅı, bɛᶅı], sb., comm. in the compd. b.-piltek, a coalfish 2 or 3 (in some places 3 or 4) years old. beli: Du.; Sa. bella, belja: Conn.; Ai. Doubtless: a “bellied” coalfish. Icel. and Fær. beli, n., belly (Shetl. beli is occas. heard pronounced “bæli” similar to Eng. belly, but, as a rule, diff. from this). For the forms bella, belja and belli (belji) cf. Sw. dial. “bäll, bell”, and Da. dial. “bælle”, a toddler, little boy; to be classed with O.N. belgr (belly).

belker [bæ‘ᶅkɛr, be‘lkər], sb., 1) dense, rain-cloud, he’s settin’ op a b.; 2) violent shower, a b. o’ a