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shooer [‘shower’]. Fe^e. [bæ‘ᶅkər]. Y^{h, n}. [be‘lkər]. From Yⁿ. also reported in the form belget [beᶅgət]. Appears to be O.N. belgr, m., belly, with the oft-recurrent hardening from g to k in Shetl.; cf. No. vindbelg, dense cloud, Icel. belgingr, m., stiff wind, Shetl. belgjin (see above), violent shower, No. balga, vb., to rain violently (R.). Sometimes the word “bag” (Eng. bag, sb.) is used in Shetl. of a violent shower, e.g.: a bag o’ rab (prop. a sackful). If the etym. given is correct, O.N. “belgr” must have branched into two forms in Shetl.; see above belg, sb.

bellek [beᶅək], sb., bunch or garland on the lower part of a stalk of sea-weed, esp. of edible sea-weed; waar-belleks (waar = L.Sc. “ware”, sea-weed, alga). Sa. Prob. *bella = *bjalla; Icel. bjalla, f., the root of edible sea-weed; Fær. tangbjölla, f., edible sea-weed.

bellin¹ [beᶅən], sb., = beli, bella, belli-piltek. Conn. Derived form.

bellin² [beᶅın], sb., a small, round stone, a hand-b.; Sandw., Du. Also bollen [bȯᶅən, bꜵ̈ᶅən, bəᶅən], hand (handi)-b., esp. of a stone to knock with; Conn. Prob. *bellingr and*bǫllungr, dim. derivations of bǫllr, m., a lump; globe. Cf. bollek and bolli, sb.

belly-gerdin, -lengi, -plukkins, -riv: see the latter parts of the compd. of the words concerned.

bels [be‘lᶊ] and belz [belᶎ], vb., to shake and pull somebody or something about, to b. ane, onyting. Uⁿ. Prob. *balsa; cf. No. balsa, vb., to frolic; disport oneself, and Da. (Jut.) dial. bælse, vb., to beat. bols (bolz), vb., is a cognate word.

belsin [be‘lᶊın] and belzin [belᶎın], sb., shaking and pulling, to gi’e ane a b., to shake one violently. Uⁿ. *balsan, *balsing; see bels, vb.

belt [bæ‘lt], sb., in the comb. trussi [trosi]- and trossi [trɔsi, trȯᶊi]-b., esp.

in pl.: trossi-belts, a sort of sea-weed which grows to a great length (Conn., Wh.), is O.N. belti, n., a belt; girdle; cf. Icel. beltisþari, m., fucus balteiformis (a sort of sea-weed). See further under trussibelt, sb.

belti [be‘lti], sb., only preserved in the expr. “as hard as a b.” of something very hard. Gluss, Nm. Poss. the same word as, or closely cognate with beldin, sb., round stone; cf. Icel. böllti, m., iron- or leaden ball. See blobelti, sb.

beml, bemmel [bæməl], sb., splash (in the water), de b. o’ a seal. Fe. *beml, *baml. See beml, vb.

beml, bemmel [bæməl], vb., to splash in the water. Fe. No. bemla and bamla, vb., id. Cf. deml, demmel, sb. and vb.

ben¹ [bēn, bē^ən], sb., one of the small incisions made (e.g. with a razor) on an injured part of the body, esp. the leg, to make the blood flow; lay on twartree [‘two or three’] bens! make some incisions on the leg (with the razor)! N.I. O.N. ben, n., sore; ulcer; Fær. ben, n., cut in flesh or fish.

ben² [(bēn) ben], sb., bone, partly = Eng. bone, L.Sc. bane, bein, partly = Eng. leg; he is clever upon his bens, he is quick on his feet (U.). O.N. bein, n., leg (bone; shinbone).

ben [bēn, bē^ən], vb., to make small incisions upon an injured part of the body, esp. the leg, with a razor, to b. de leg, = saks, vb. N.I. O.N. benja, vb., to wound. See ben, sb.

*bena-less [bən··aləs·] and *bender-less [bɛn··dərləs·], adj., without legs or feet; in a riddle. Yⁿ. *beina-(lauss). O.N. beinlauss, adj., without legs.

Bena [bēna, bena] -sunday, sb., prop., Prayer-Sunday, preserved as the name of the 4th Sunday in Advent. Other common forms are: Beni