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O.N. bolungr and bulungr, m., pile (of logs).

bolin [bolin, bɔlin, bȯlɩn], and bulin [bulin], vb., to pile up peats into a bolin. See bolin(g), sb.

boljasog (or bollasog) [bȯᶅ··asōg·] and boljasoga (or bollasoga [bȯᶅ·asō·ga], sb., violent shower; heavy downpour of rain; a boljasog o’ rain. Conn. *byljar-sog (-súgr)? O.N. bylr, m., violent squall of wind, in Icel. also heavy snowfall or rain combined with stormy weather (B.H.); O.N. and Mod. Icel. bylja (impf. buldi), vb., to resound; peal; boom; crash, in Icel. inter alia of very heavy rain; No. bylja, vb., to roar, also of wind. With sog (soga) cf. esp. No. sog, n., in sense of whirlpool (R.); O.N. (Icel., No.) sog, n., suction; current, Icel. súgandi and súgr, m., strong current of air; draught. It is difficult to try to explain bȯᶅa- from *ball = No. “bal(l)-”, intensive, e.g. in “balel”, violent shower, “bal(l)- regn”, downpour, or from *belg- (note the use of Shetl. belgjin and belker), inter alia for phonetic reasons.

bolk¹ [bȯ‘lk], sb., partition-wall (of straw) in a house, now mostly compounded with “head”: “bolks-head”, the triangular straw-plaiting placed over the wooden wall between “de but” (kitchen and living-room) and “de ben” (the best room). Wests. (Sa.). O.N. balkr, bǫlkr, m., partition-wall, department (No. bolk), is merged with Eng. bulk-head (in a ship). — As a place-name, name for fields, in Shetland we find “de Bulkigerds” [bo‘l··kigərds·] (Skelbre, Lunn) and “de Bjolkagords” [bjå‘l··kagɔrds·] (Bjolka, Conn.); prob.: *balk(ar)-garðar; cf. gardbalk, sb.

bolk² [bȯ‘ᶅk], sb., 1) large lump; bundle; something rolled together; also bolki [bȯ‘ᶅki, bȯi‘lki]. 2) protuberance; small hump, a b. atween de shooders [‘shoulders’]. N.Roe. No.

bulk, m., boss; Da. bulk; Icel. bulki, m., (small) hump; large bump (B.H.). See bulk, sb.

bolker [bȯ‘ᶅkər], sb., (lump) large, round stone, sinker on a fishing hand-line or long-line. N.I.? Deriv. of bolk². Cf. balker.

bolkes [bol·kē^əs, bȯl·ᶄē^əs·, bȯl·ᶄɛs], sb., small heap of peats, some peats recently cut and piled up to dry; occas. of a row of such peats piled up to form a small fence; in the last sense also “bol [bȯl]-bank”. U. (Uⁿ., U^m.). *bol (bul)-kǫs: O.N. kǫs (kas-), f., a heap. Cf. kjos, kus. For bol- see bol² (boli) and bolin(g), sb.

bolket [bȯ‘ᶅkət], adj., lumpy; bulky; prominent (like a bulk, bump). N.Roe. *bulkóttr. See bolk², sb.

bolki [bȯ‘ᶅki], sb., see bolk and bulk, sb.

boll (boil), sb., see bill, sb.

bolled [bȯl·lɛd·, -led·], sb., load of peats carried on a pack-horse in two mesis, one on each side of the pack-saddle, without using the kessi (the usual basket for transport). Y. More usual is the form bulled [bul·led·, bol·led·]: Nm.; De.; Conn. Sometimes abbr.: bul (N.Roe [bul]). *bol- and *bul-(hlað, hlass). -led may spring from O.N. hlað, n., pile; load, but ought rather to be interpreted as L.Sc. lade, laid, sb., load; burden. For bol-, bul-, and the meaning of the word in this compd., see bol³, sb.

bollek¹ [bȯᶅək, bɔᶅək, boᶅək], sb., 1) lump; something round or lumpy, a) a b. o’ eart’, a clod of earth; a b. o’ a stane, o’ a bairn (child) or shield (person, fellow); Ai. [bȯᶅək]; Du. [bɔᶅək, bȯᶅək]; esp.: (large) round stone (Du.); b) something rolled up, confused; a b. o’ confusion, a tangled lump or mass (Ai.). With an added dim. ending: bolleki [bȯᶅ··əki·] (Ai.). 2) wide eye(s), jokingly, comm. in pl.: