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verði þér nú at b. við slík sem til er, you must now put up with what you can get.
bjarga (að), v. (rare), = preceding (bjargat mun málinu verða).
bjargar-vist, f. a situation which yields food and clothing.
bjarg-aurar, m. pl. means enough for support.
bjarg-gengr, a. clever at climbing on fowling cliffs (cf 'ganga í bjarg').
bjarg-hagr, a. a dexterous carpenter or smith for household work.
bjarg-högg, n. instrument for hewing steps in a rock.
bjarg-kostr, m. means of support;
-kviðr, m. verdict of acquittal;
-leysi, n. starvation, destitution;
-ráð, n. (1) means of salvation; (2) advice given to an outlaw with intent to save his life.
bjarg-rifa, f. rift in a rock, = bergrifa.
bjarg-rúnar, f. pl. runes for helping women in labour;
-rýgr (rýgjar, -rýgir), f. midwife.
bjarg-skora, f. rift in a rocky hill, = bergskor.
bjargs-maðr, m. a self-supporting person.
bjarg-snös, f. = bergsnös;
-steinn, m. boulder, craig.
bjarg-vel, adv. well enough.
bjarg-vættr, f. helping sprite, good genius.
bjarkan, n. the runic letter B.
bjarkeyjar-réttr, m. town-law.
Bjarmar. m. pl., name of a people or tribe of the Russian empire, the Perms of the present day.
bjarnar-báss, m. = bjarnbáss
-hamr, m. the hide, shape of a bear;
-híð, n. a black bear's lair;
-hold, n. bear's flesh;
-hrammr, m. bear's paw;
-slátr, n. meat of a slaughtered bear.
bjarn-báss, m. a pit for catching bears;
-dýri, n. bear;
-eggjan, f. brutal provocation;
-feldr, m. bear-skin cloak;
-fell, n. bear's fell, bear's skin;
-gjöld, n. pl. reward for killing a bear;
-húnn, m. bear's cub
-igull, m. a kind of sea-urchin;
-ólpa, f. = bjarnskinnsólpa;
-skinn, n. bearskin.
bjarnskinns-ólpa, f. a bearskin cloak.
bjarn-staka, f. bearskin;
-sviða, f. large knife for killing bears;
-veiðar, f. pl. bear-hunting (fara á -veiðar);
-ylr, m. bear's warmth, the vital warmth of an ice-bear.
bjart-eygðr, -eygr, a. bright-eyed;
-haddaðr a. fair-haired;
-leikr, m. brightness;
-leitr, a. fair-complexioned;
-liga, adv. clearly, plainly;
-litaðr, a. light-coloured.
bjartr, a. (1) bright, shining (bjart ljós, sólskin); (2) illustrious (með björtum sigri).
bjart-viðri, n. clear weather.
bjálfi (or bjálbi), m. fur, skin, esp. in compds., hreinbjálfi, geitbjálfi.
bjálki, m. balk, beam.
bjóð, n. (1) small table; (2) small bowl.
bjóða (býð; bauð, buðum; boðinn), v. (1) to offer; þeir hofðu boðit honum laun, they had offered him rewards; Þ. bauð at gefa (offered to give) Gunnlaugi hestinn; b. grið, to offer pardon; b. e-t til lífs sér, as a ransom for one's life; b. e-t fram, to proffer, produce (b. fram vitni); b. e-t upp, af hendi, to give up, leave off; þá býðr hann upp hornit, gives up the horn, will not drink more; b. e-t undan e-m, to offer to take a thing off one's hands (er þá kostr at b. undan þeim manni varðveizluna fjárins); b. e-t við, to make a bid; b. við tvenn verð, to bid double; refl., bjóðast, to offer oneself, volunteer one's service; Þóroddr bauzt (offered himself) til þeirrar farar; (2) to do a thing to one, in a bad sense; b. e-m ógn, to wage war against one; b. e-m ójöfnuð, ofriki, to treat unfairly, oppress; b. e-m ógn, to affright, terrify; b. e-m rangt, to treat one unjustly; (3) to bid, invite (b. e-m til sín or heim); b. mönnum til boðs, to bid guests to a banquet, wedding; (4) to bid, order; sem lög buðu, as the law prescribed; b. e-m erendi, to commit a thing to one's charge; b.

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