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frost and consequently thrown down into the peat-bank. Du. For the first part of the compd. (O.N. bakki) see bakk 2, bakkagrof, and bank, sb.; with the second part cf. Da. (Jut.) skumpe, flat turf which is cut from the sward (m.).

baggref, bagref, sb., see bakkagrof.

bagi [bāgi], sb., black-backed gull, = baki, sb. 1. Also Ork. Fær. bakur, m., id. Deriv. of O.N. bak, n., back. See swartbak. In Wh. “bagi-maw” [bagi-] is a bird which differs from the black-backed gull (bagi, baki, swabi, swabek), viz.: stormy-petrel (petrel glaciarius), fulmar, = mali-mok. The name must orig. from the bluish-gray back of the bird in contrast to the yellowish-white belly and breast. Cf. baki, sb. 2.

bail, sb., see ball, sb.

bak¹ [bak], sb., ridge of hills, O.N. bak. Now mostly in place-names as the last part of the word (uncommon).

bak² [bāk], sb., high and long wave, great baks o’ waves; heavy swell, esp. when the wind is against the waves (opposite to gol); der’r a (great, heavy) b. i’ de sea. Du. O.N. bak, n., back, L.Sc. bauk.

bak³ [bāk], sb., = baki 2 (auk).

bak⁴ [bak], sb., backwash of breakers; backflow after the breaking of a wave on the shore, de b. o’ de le (le = wave breaking on the shore). Burra. Prob. abbr. of a compd. with “bak” as the first syllable; cf. Shetl. baksuk, Fær. bakbrot, n., backwash of waves.

bak⁵ [bāk], sb., 1) piece of a long-line of a certain length, a line-b., de b. o’ de line; cf. No. linebolk; 2) = sprol, sprøl on a fishing hand-line. — bak is L.Sc. in its form, bauk, balk^{[errata 1]}, but corresponds exactly in sense 1 to No. (line-) balk, bolk (O.N. balkr, bǫlkr, m., partition). See ba(l)k under gardba(l)k.

bak [bāk], vb., of a stallion: to cover, de mare is been baked [bākəd]; of a mare: to be in heat; to desire the stallion, de mare is bakin. *baka, vb., from O.N. bak, n., back.

bakbar [bakbār], sb., the dorsal-fins of a flounder (halibut). *bak-barð. See further under bar.

bakbiter [bak··bit·ər and comm. -bäi·tər], sb., backbiter, slanderer. O.N. bakbítari. Cf. (for the pronunciation of biter) stenbiter.

bakbørd [bakbø̄rd], sb., port-side of a boat. *bak-borð.

bakflakki [bak··flak·i], sb., a mat (flakki) placed under a straw-basket (kessi) to protect the back of the bearer. *bak-flakki.

bakflan [bak·flan·], sb., gust of wind swept back. See flan, sb.

baki [bāki], sb., 1) = bagi, black-backed gull; N.Sh. occas. 2) auk, alca torda; S.Sh. The auk is called baki, because it has a black back, while its belly and breast are white (cf. “bagi-maw”). In N.Sh. the name tjogi [ƫogi, ᶄogi] is used of baki 2. Cf. wolki.

bakins [bakıns], sb. pl., small tufts of wool left on the hind-legs of the sheep after the shearing. Diff. from L.Sc. “backings” (waste wool or flax).

bakk [ba‘k], sb., 1) bank; slope, de b. o’ de hill, o’ de knowe (the slope). 2) edge; bank; ledge, in the phrase “de b. o’ de gref” of a ledge in a peat-pit, now comm.: peat-bank; see under bakkagrof, bank. — As a place-name comm. in the sense of shore; steep shore, uncompounded in the form Bakka [ba‘ka] (sometimes with the def. art.: Bakken) and as the second part of a compound: -bakka and (more comm.) -bakk. Rarer in sense of (inland) bank, (inland) slope. See further Shetl. Stedn. pp. 74—75. — O.N. bakki, m., edge; bank; ele-

1. Correction: balk should be amended to balk: detail