B

letter;
-sögn, f. = saga;
-tal, n.= -mál 3;
-vit, n. learning, erudition.
víss, a.= -lærðr.
ból, n. (1) lair or lying place (of beasts and cattle); (2) couch, bed, tóku sumir heyhjálma nökkura ok gerðu sér af b.); (3) farm, esp. in Norway, = bólstaðr, bœr, jörð.
bóla, f. (1) the boss of a shield; (2) blain, botch.
ból-festa, f. estate held by a lease, leasehold.
bólginn, a. swollen; b. bræði, b. af reiði, swollen with anger.
bólgna (að), v. to swell, become swollen.
bólna-sótt, f. (1) disease of blains or boils; (2) smallpox.
bólstaðar-gørð, f. the building of a homestead.
ból-staðr, m. (1) abode, homestead (hón í þar -staði mikla); (2) farm.
bólstr (gen. bólstrs, pl. bólstrar), m. bolster, pillow (hníga við bólstri).
bón, f. request, petition = bœn.
bónar-maðr, m. beggar-man.
bónda-bani, m. slayer of a woman's husband;
-dóttir, f. daughter of a bóndi;
-eiðr, m. a bóndi's oath of allegiance;
-far, a bóndi's ferry-boat;
-fé, n. district fund;
-fólk, n. peasantry, farmers;
-fylking, f. host of pesants :
-herr, m. army of peasants;
-hlutr, m. one fourth of the tithe to be distributed among the peasants;
-kirkja, f. the church belonging to the bóndi in Thing-valla;
-kirkjugarðr, m. the churchyard belonging to the -kirkja;
-lauss, a. husbandless, widowed;
-lið, n. = -herr;
-múgr, m. crowd, host of peasants;
-nafn, n. the name, title of bóndi
-réttr, m. the right of a bóndi        
-safnaðr, m. = bónda-mugr;
-skapr, m. the estate of the bœndr, opp. to the clergy; m. son of a bóndi;
-tala, f., vera í -tölu, to be counted bœndr;
-ungi, m. young farmer;
-val, n. the élite of bœndr; var þá gott -val, there were choice bœndr to be found;
-ætt, f. a bóndi's extraction (hann er -ættar).
bóndi (pl. bœndr, gen. bónda), m. (1) husbandman, farmer, peasant (dóttir eins lítils bónda); a yeoman, franklin, landowner (hinir stœrri bœndr); (2) master, head of a household (= húsbóndi); (3) husband (nú er b. dauðr, en kona lifir eptir).
bón-hús, n. = bœnhús (rare);
-leið, f. begging path; fara -leið, to go begging from house to house;
-orð, n. (1) request, petition; (2) wooing, courtship; hefja, vekja -orð, to make a proposal.
bónorðs-ferð, -för, f. wooing journey; fara -för, to go a-wooing;
-mál, n. the business of wooing.
bón-riki, n. importunity or persistence in begging.
bót (pl. bœtr, also poet. bótir), f. (1) bettering, cure, remedy; fá b. sinna meina, to get cure for one's evils; ráða e-u b., ráða e-s bœtr, to remedy, retrieve; vinna e-m b., to relieve one (in sickness); bíða e-s b., to get over, recover (a loss, misfortune); bera e-t til bóta, to amend; þótti mikilia bóta ávant, at; much seemed wanting that; e-t berr til bóta (impers.), it is a comfort, satisfaction; (2) atonement, compensation, esp. pl. = mannbœtr, weregild; sœtar syndir verða at sárum bótum, sweet sins are turned to sore penance; (3) patch (svört bót var á millum herða honum).
bóta-lauss, a. without redress or compensation (hafa sár -laust; vígin vóru -laus);
-maðr, m. a person who has to receive 'bœtr' for hurt and damage suffered (opp. to úbótamaðr);
-verðr, a. worth redress.
bóti, m. boot (for wearing).
bót-lausliga, adv. irreparably
-lauss, a. irreparable;
-leysi, n. 'bootlessness'; lemja e-n til -leysis, past reparation.
-sama (að), v. to repair (-sama um búðir, hús)
-þarfa, a. indecl. needing 'bœtr' or satisfaction.
braga (að), v. to flicker, flash (of the northern lights).
bragar-full, n. toast, esp. at a funeral banquet;
-laun, n. pl. gift for a poem.
bragð, n. (1) sudden or brisk movement; moment; bragðs, af bragði, at

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