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then in Shetl. been regarded as Norse “busa”, to precipitate; rush on. — bambusel [bam·bos·əl], vb., to turn upside down; to confuse; amaze; bambuseld, 1) in disorder; pell-mell. 2) confused; amazed. Fo., U. This is more closely allied to Eng. “bamboozle” than bambus and -busel.

bamp [ba‘mp], vb., to harp on the same topic constantly; nag about the same thing, to b. upon a ting. *bamba (to make a drumming sound)? The form bamp seems to be influenced by Eng. “bump”.

band [bānd], sb., 1) band in general; a tether, see bandku; de b. o’ de kessi = de fetel; — one of the bands (comm. of rush or coarse grass, bent-grass) put round a straw-basket, kessi, plaited in between the straw-bands, = geng; Conn. O.N. band, n., Eng. band. 2) bunch; bundle; two objects tied together, esp. a) two small bunches (bets, pl.; L.Sc. “beet”) of rush or straw tied together, a b. o’ floss, o’ gloy; b) two fish tied together and hung up to dry, esp. coalfish, a b. o’ pilteks; cf. kippek. No. band, n., bundle; bunch. 3) a plank across the bottom of a boat, ribs of a boat; also collect. No. and Fær. “band” in the same sense. 4) a long stone, bond-stone, laid crosswise when building a stone wall; also “t’rough-band” and bindinsten. No. bandstokk, m., binding-joist in a building; L.Sc. band-stane, sb., a stone laid crosswise through a wall.

banabak, sb., see bonabäg.

band [bānd], vb., to tie fish, esp. coalfish (silleks, pilteks), together in strings (bands). Deriv. of band, sb., in sense of 2 b. — In the sense of tethering the cow in the byre, to b. de coo, band is doubtless Eng. band.

bandku [bāndku], sb., a cow fastened in the byre.

bang [baŋ], sb., 1) crack; noise; sudden, violent movement; of living beings, persons: to come or geng [‘go’] wi’ a b.; of a storm suddenly rising: he cam’ wi’ a b., it came with violence; of wind, e.g.: he guid [‘went’] wi’ a b. to de sud (sooth)-east; of the tide: de b. o’ de tide, the tide at its highest, a b. o’ tide, strongly-running tide, N.I. 2) a knock; blow, a b. at or upo de door; cf. bonga, sb. — O.N. bang, n., a) noise; din; uproar; b) knocking; O.N. banga, vb., to knock; hammer, in special sense: to knock at a door; Eng. bang, sb. In Shetl., bang is also used in the comm. L.Sc. sense of the word, viz.: a start; springing away; speed.

bang [baŋ], vb., 1) to knock, esp. at a door, to b. at (upo) de door; O.N. banga, vb., to knock (ata door). 2) to come or to go with sudden vehemence; to come or geng bangin; N.I.; see above, bang, sb. 1. 3) (L.Sc.) to dash away.

bangi [baŋgi], sb., something thick and round, esp.: a) a thick cake, brøni, made of barley- or oatmeal, baked on a gridiron, usually with a lump of tallow in the middle; tallen [‘tallow’]-b. = fatti-brøni; Y.; b) (small) round or roundish stone, mostly in the compd. “row-b.” (L.Sc. row = Eng. roll; cf. rolligrøt); Br.; c) in the compd. slam-b., great jelly-fish, medusa; Y^h. From the root “bang-” denoting something thick, heavy and clumsy; cf. No. bangsa, vb., to walk heavily and clumsily; Icel. bangsi, m., a bear (prop. a heavy and clumsy figure).

bangsgrip [ba‘ŋsgrıp], sb., trial of strength, in which two persons clutch each other’s bent fingers and pull; to tak’ a b. Uⁿ. Prop. bear’s hug. Icel. bangsi, No. and Da. bamse, m.,