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venwick, Du.). In meaning c is found, e.g. de Boitten (de Niv, Klebergswick, Uⁿ.). Voboit(t)en [vō·bɔit(t)·ən] (Skaw, Uⁿ.) = O.N. vágsbotn, m., the head of a bay. In some cases, the L.Sc. form boddom, boddum (Jam.: boddum = hollow, valley) has superseded the older (Norse) form, e.g. in Du. See further Shetl. Stedn. pp. 81—82. — O.N. botn, m., bottom; the innermost end of a valley (dalsbotn), the head of a firth or bay (fjarðar-, vágsbotn). Fær. botnur, m., a semicircular valley, open towards the sea.

*bottiind, botistiind, sb., fishery tithe, *bát(s)tíund; O.N. (Norse) bátatíund, f., a kind of boat-tithe. Shetl. tiind [ti̇̄nd], sb., tithe. “bot teind” and “botis teind” in old Shetl. deeds referring to church tithes (G.G., Ant. of Shetl., p. 156 f.). Cf. butiind, sb.

boul, sb. and vb., see bol¹, sb., and bol¹, vb.

bova [bōva], bovek [bōvək], sb., sea-term, fishermen’s tabu-name for a bed, box-bed. U., Y^h. Also bofek [bōfək]; U. Poss. the same word as Icel. paufi, sb., an out-of-the-way nook (B.H.). Change of the initial p to b is not rare in Shetl. Norn.

*bragasten [brag··asten·, brā··gəstēn·], sb., a heavy stone that one tries (used to try) to lift as a test of strength, = No. lyftestein, Icel. tak and haf, Fær. hav. N.I. (Fe.). *bragð(a)steinn. O.N. bragð, n., hasty movement; (great) enterprise; manly deed, etc.

bragd [bragd] and brag [brag, brāg], sb., incision, serving as an ear-mark in sheep. Wests. bragd: Fo.; brag: Sa. *bragð. Icel. bragð, No. and Fær. bragd, n., incision; ear-mark in sheep. Cf. utbrag, breg, obreg, afbreg(d), sb.

bragd [bragd] and brag [brag, brāg], vb., to incise; cut an ear-

mark in sheep. *bragða. See

bragd, sb.

braktin [braktin], sb., recently enclosed and cultivated ground. Y^h. Doubtless orig. allied to No. brote, m., cleared stretch of ground (O.N. broti), and brotning, m., a piece of old meadow ploughed up (R., suppl.), Sw. dial. bröt, m., separated and cleared piece of ground; but the Shetl. form braktin has certainly arisen under infl. of Eng. break, vb., L.Sc. and Shetl. “brak”, Shetl. “to brak ut”: to bring fallow land under cultivation.

bran [(bran) brän], sb., in the phrase: to be upo de b., to be on the point of going out or of doing something. Y., Fe. Doubtless allied to Icel. brana, vb., to burst (boldly) out.

brand¹ [brānd], sb., burning or partly burnt piece of peat (on the hearth); in a similar sense Fær. brandur, m. O.N. brandr, m., (burning) log; No. brand, m., burning or partly burnt piece of wood, Eng. brand, sb. — brander [bräᶇdər] (Wh.) is an older, now obs. Shetl. form with the r of the nom. preserved. In Wh. brander [bräᶇdər] and branda, brenda [bräᶇda] were used occas.: a) = brand, occas.: b) as tabu-name at sea for fire, by merging of brenner and brenna, sb. (q.v.).

brand² [bräᶇd], sb., stripe; discoloured or disfiguring stripe, esp. in woollen yarn, stuff or cloth. Nm. *brandr. See further under brandet, adj.

brander [brāndər, brandər], sb., one of the two long pieces of wood on which the bottom-trees of a bed rest, de branders o’ de bed: L. and U. [brāndər]; cross-bar between two chair-legs: S.Sh. [brandər]. O.N. brandr, m., stock; beam; post. Cf.