B

opp. to 'auð-ráðr';
-rækr, a. difficult to drive (of geese).
bákn, n. beacon, signal.
bákna (að), v. to beckon, make signals (þeir báknuðu vápnunum til þeirra Hákonar).
bál, n. (1) fire; slá b. = drepa eld (2) flame, blaze; gera b., to make a blaze; (3) pyre, funeral pile; bera e-n á, b., to carry to the pyre; stiga á b., to mount the pyre.
bál-fór, f. funeral.
bálkr, m. (1) partition, balk (b. um þveran hellinn); (2) section in a code of laws; (3) body, group, host.
bára, f. wave, billow; vant er at sigla milli skers ok báru, between Scylla and Charybdis.
bára (að), v. to fall and rise in waves (vatnit hrœrðist mjök ok báraði).
báróttr, a. undulated, wavy (haussinn var allr b. útan sem hörpuskel).
bár-stórt, a. n., var-stórt, the waves ran high.
báru-fall, n. heavy sea;
-skot, n. swell;
-stormr, m. storm with heavy sea;
-stórt = bár-stórt.
bása (að), v. to drive into a stall, with dat. = bæsa.
bás-hella, f. a flagstone separating two stalls in a cowhouse.
báss, m. boose or stall in a cowhouse (binda kú í bás).
básún, m. bassoon (for. word).
bát-festr, f. a rope by which a boat is made fast;
-lauss. a. having no boat;
-leysi, n. want of a boat;
-maðr, m. boatman.
bátr (-s, -ar), m. boat; sjá fyrir báti sínum, to go one's own course, to mind one's own business.
báts-borð, n. the side of a boat;
-farmr, m. boat's freight;
-haki, m. boat-hook.
bát-stafn m. boat's prow.
beðja f. poet., bed-fellow, wife.
beð-mál, n. pl. bed-talk.
beðr (-jar -ir), m. bolster, bedding; ganga á beð e-m, to go to bed with one, to marry.
beiða (-dda, -ddr), v. to ask, beg, request; b. e-n e-s, or b. e-m (for one) e-s; b. e-s af e-m, to ask a thing of or from a person; b. e-n máls, orða, to address one; with acc., b. lögbeiðing, to make a lawful request; refl., beiðast, to request on one's own behalf (b. laga, griða);
beiddr, pp. unwilling reluctant (b. fór ek heiman at biðja þín, Guðrún).
beiðing, f., beiðni, f., beitðsla, f. request, demand.
beiðalu-maðr, m. a person asking.
beimar, m. pl. poet., men, heroes.
bein, n. (1) bone; láta með beini ganga, to deal blows to the very bone, give no quarter; hafa b. í hendi, to be well off; (2) leg, = fótleggr; (3) pl. mortal remains; bera bein or beinin, to be buried (hér mun ek b. bera á Íslandi).
beina (-da, -dr), v. (1) to stretch out, put into motion; b. flug, to stretch the wings for flight; b. skrið sinn, to creep, of a serpent; b. raustina, to raise the voice, speak aloud; (2) to further, promote; b. för (ferð) e-s, to help one forwards; b. at or til með e-m, to lend one help, to assist one; b. e-u til e-s, to contribute to a thing; b. at e-u, to lend a hand to b. fyrir e-m, to support, entertain.
beina-, gen. pl. from ' bein' and gen. sing. from 'beini'.
beina-bót, f. accommodation, comfort for guests.
beina-fœrsla, f. removal of bones (from one churchyard to another);
-hrúga, f. heap of bones;
-lag, n. burying of one's bones, death.
beina-spell, n. spoiling the comfort of guests;
-þurfi, a. in need of hospitable treatment.
bein-brjóta (see brjóta), v. to break one's bones;
-brot, n. fracture of a bone;
-fastr, a., -fast sár, a wound to the bone;
-flakr, m. a kind of fish;
-gróinn, pp. grown fast to the bone;
-högg. n. a blow injuring the bone (svöðusár ok eigi beinhögg).
beini, m. (1) help, benifit; (2) esp. hospitable entertainment, hospitality (vinna, veita e-m beina); ganga um beina, to wait upon the guests.
beinir, m. = beini (1).

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