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strew the benches (in preparation for a feast or wedding).
bekkr (gen. -a or -jar, pl. -ir), m. beck, brook (poet.).
bekk-skrautuðr, m. adorner (ornament) of the bench (poet.).
bekk-sœmr, a. adorning the bench.
bekri, m. ram; brjóta bekrann, to break one's neck (rare).
belg-fláttr, m. flaying or taking off the skin of an animal entire (flá hafrana -flætti).
belgja (-ða, -ðr), v. to inflate, puff out (b. hvápta, augun).
belgr (gen. -s or -jar, pl. -ir), m. (1) the skin (of a quadruped) taken off whole (cf. kálfsbelgr, kattbelgr, hafrbelgr, otrbelgr); (2) skin-bag, skin-case (draga belg á or yfir hofuð e-m); (3) bellows (smiðju-belgr).
belja (að), v. to bellow (b. sem naut).
beljan, f. bellowing, lowing.
bella (bell, ball, -- ), v. to hit, hurt, with dat. (ball þér nú?); ekki má ófeigum b., one not fated to die is proof against all shots.
bella (-da, -t), v. to dare, venture, with dat.; (hverr mun hafa þessu bellt?); to deal in, display (bella svikum, lygi, gleði).
belli-bragð, n. knavish trick.
bellinn, a. tricky, trickish.
bell-visi, f. trickishness.
belta-dráttr, m. a close struggle.
belti, n. belt (cf. gjörð, lindi).
beltis-púss, m. a pouch attached to the belt;
-staðr, m. waist.
ben (-jar, -jar), f. (1) mortal wound (ben, ef at bana verðr); (2) small bleeding wound; also of the wound produced by letting blood.
ben, n. wound = ben, f.
benda (-nda, -ndr), v. to beckon, make a size with the head or hand (b. e-m til sín, at fylgja sér); with acc., b. e-t fyrir, to forebode, betoken.
benda (-nda. -ndr), v. to bend (b. sverð um kné sér); b. boga, to bend a bow; b. höfuðit, to bow the head; refl., bendast á um e-t, to dispute, contest about.
benda, f. band, tie (cf. höfuðbenda).
bendi, n. cord.
bendill, m. small cord, string.
bending, f. (1) sign, token; gera e-m bending, to make a sign to one; (2) foreboding, betokenig (víst eru þetta bendingar stórra bardaga).
bendr, pp. bended, bent (skjóta af bendum boga).
benja (að), v. to wound mortally (bróður minn hefr þú benjaðan).
benja-lýsing, f. a sort of coroner's inquest upon a slain man;
-váttr, m. a sort of coroner's juryman;
-vætti, n. the verdict of a benjaváttr.
ben-lauss, a. free from wounds;
-logi, m. poet.'wound-flame', sword;
-rögn, n. 'wound-drops';
-vöndr, m. poet. 'wound-wand', sword.
benzl, n. pl. bent state of a bow taka boga af benzlum, to unbend it.
ber (gen. pl. berja), n. berry.
bera (ber; bar, bárum; borinn), v. I. (1) to bear, carry, convey (bar B. biskup í börum suðr í Hvamm); b. (farm) af skipi, to unload a ship; b. (mat) af borði, to take (the meat) off the table; b. e-t á hesti, to carry on horseback; (2) to wear (b. klæði, vápn , kórónu); b. œgishjálm, to inspire fear and awe; (3) to bear, produce, yield (jörðin berr gras; tré bera aldin, epli); (4) to bear, give birth to, esp. of sheep and cows; kýr hafði borit kálf, had calved; absol., ván at hón mundi bera, that the cow would calve; the pp. is used of men; hann hafði verit blindr borinn, born blind; verða borinn í þenna heim, to be born into this world; þann sóma, sem ek em til borinn, born to; borinn e-m, frá e-m (rare), born of; Nótt var Nörvi borin, was the daughter of N.; borinn Sigmundi, son of S.; (5) b. e-n afli, ofrafli, ofrliði , ofrmagni, ofríki, to bear one down, overcome, oppress, one by odds or superior force; b. e-n ráðum, to overrule one; b. e-n málum, to bear one down (wrongfully) in a lawsuit; b. e-n sök, to charge one with a fault; b. e-n bjóri, to make drunk with beer; verða bráðum borinn, to be taken by surprise; borinn verkjum, overcome by pains; þess er borin ván, there is no hope, all hope is gone; borinn baugurn,

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