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a pair o’ bolleks, a pair of big, wide eyes; Uⁿ., Yⁿ.; to water de bolleks, of children: to cry (Uⁿ.); in Uⁿ. also occas. jokingly of the ears; bȯᶅək, boᶅək: Uⁿ., bȯᶅək: Yⁿ. O.N. bǫllr, m., a ball; globe; lump.

bollek² [bȯᶅək], sb., foolish talk; tattle; nonsense; a lock [‘lot’] o’ b., to speak b. Yⁿ. *bull, n., bubbling; seething; boiling, in No., Fær. and Icel. also meaning incoherent or unintelligible talk; jabber; nonsense.

bollen, sb., see bellin², sb.

bolleti [bɔl··əti·, bol··əti·], adj., round, esp. in the phrase “a b. sten”, a small, round stone; pebble. O.N. bǫllóttr, adj., globular; round. Cf. bolli¹ and ballisten, sb.

bolli¹ [boli], sb., (small) round stone; pebble; comm. in pl.: bollis. Uⁿ. Prop. the same word as bollek¹: bǫllr; see prec. Cf. bolleti, adj., and balli-sten.

*bolli² [bȯᶅɩ], sb., fondling address: my piri b.! my little darling! prop. “lump”. Fe.? May be either O.N. bǫllr, m., globe; lump, or O.N. bolli, m., something round (esp. small vessel), in Fær. also head; forehead. Cf. bodda, sb.

*“bolman”, sb., a farmer; lessee. Balfour. Acc. to Edm., “bollman”, small holder, pronounced “bow-man”, is found in Ork. dial. Cf. bøl², sb., and bu², sb.

bolnokki [bål·nɔk·i, bȯl-], sb., the nearest fishing-hook (nokki) under the sinker (de bolsten) of a fishing hand-line or long-line; prop. tabu-name at sea for “bol-hook”. Sa. See bolsten and nokki.

bols, bolz [bȯldᶎ, bəldᶎ], vb., to press; squeeze; to nip, in play, wrestling; he bolsd (bolzd) him = he njivveld him. Uⁿ.(?). bols (bolz) is poss. a parallel form to bels, vb., from *balsa (No. balsa, vb., to disport oneself; to press down or together); cf. No. bulsa,

vb., to form pads or protuberances.

bolsten [bȯl·sten·, bål·-], sb., a sinker (of a fishing hand-line, long-line). Wests. (Sa.) [bȯl-, bål-] and occas. N.I. [bȯl-]. In Foula: bodlasten [bɔd··lasten·, bōd··la-] and uncompounded bodler [bɔdlər, bōdlər]. In Eshaness (Nm^w.): boltusten [bɔ‘l··tusten·, bōl··tu-], now obsolete. — bolsten and bodlasten orig. prob. from an old *bolla-steinn (O.N. bolli, m., something round) or *ballar-steinn (O.N. bǫllr, m., globe; lump) — cf. ballisten and bolli¹, sb. For the change a > o see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII) § 1. bodler poss. = “bǫllr” with preserved nom.-r (for change ll > dl in Foula dial. see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 42. boltu- (from a f. word *bolta?) appears to be another word and to be allied to bolt, sb. The above-mentioned names for the sinker were occas. applied as tabu-names by fishermen at sea. Usual name: kappi, kappisten.

bolt (bult) [bo‘lt, and more comm.: bȯ‘ᶅt], sb., big, clumsy figure; a b. [bo‘lt] o’ a sheaf (Y.), a bulky sheaf of corn; — something round, prominent; a lump; knot (e.g. on the body), partly = bolk². N.I. [bȯ‘ᶅt, bo‘lt]. Nm. [bȯ‘ᶅt]. A deriv. of bolt is the form bolti [bȯ‘ᶅti (bå‘ᶅti)], sb., of something plump: a) large, round potato (U^mo.); b) sleek, well-fed animal (Y^h.). *boltr or *bultr. O.N. boltr, m., bundle (D.N.), Da. bylt. Cf. boltet, boltin, adj.

bolt [bå‘lt], vb., to swallow greedily, in large mouthfuls; to bolt food. Wests. (Sa., St.). Poss. to be classed with Sw. dial. bolka, vb., to drink excessively, in great gulps.

bolter (bulter) [bo‘ltər, bȯ‘ᶅtər], sb., a large, round stone. U. Poss. the same word as bolt, sb., from “boltr,