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modified by Eng. brisket, sb.; the second part tilli = No. tylling, m., lump.

briski, sb., see brøsk, sb.

brismek [brɩsmək], sb., cusk (a species of cod), esp. a young cusk (while “tusk” denotes the species or the full-grown fish). Comm. O.N. brosma, f., cusk.

†brist [brɩst, brist], sb., on the old Shetl. wooden plough: “breast”, the foremost part of the plough-beam from “de knee” (the bend of the plough-beam where the plough-share is fastened). S.Sh. In its form the word is most like Eng. “breast”, but the designation is certainly handed down from the old Norn dialect. Cf. ar-tree, orderos (erderos), sb.

brist [brɩst, brist], vb., 1) to come or go at great speed (rudely); he cam’ or guid [‘went’] bristin. 2) to “b. on” upon a body, to accost a person very angrily and violently (Nm^w.). O.N. bresta, vb., to crash; crack; Fær. bresta, “koma brestandi”, of an inconsiderate, headlong gait. In such senses as: a) to walk quickly up-hill, he guid bristin op de hill, and b) to walk quickly against the wind, to geng bristin on upo de wind (Nm^w.), brist has been influenced by Eng. breast, vb., to which it also partly assimilates. In the pronunc. the Shetl. word is doubtless influenced by brist [brɩst, brist], sb., the Shetl. form of Eng. breast, sb. — Cf. brest, sb. and vb.

brit [brit, brɩt], vb., to b. anesell, to stretch oneself in the warmth (in the sunshine or by the fire); he lay britin him afore de sun, de grice [‘pig’] lay britin him afore de fire. N.I. Prob. O.N. bretta, vb., to raise on end; to bend or to twist backwards; No. bretta seg = to twist and turn oneself (R.).

britj¹ [brɩtᶊ], vb., to cut up, to cut (or saw) into pieces, to b. kail, to cut up cabbage-leaves for the cattle; to b. fish, to cut a fish half through across the back before boiling; to b. a sawstock, to saw a piece of timber in two. N.I. Also brotj [brȯtᶊ], e.g.: to b. op claes, to cut clothes, stuff, into pieces; Y., Fe. O.N. brytja, vb., to cut up (a slaughtered animal).

†britj² [brɩtᶊ], vb., to fall or to slip suddenly; hit [‘it’] britsjed [brɩtᶊəd, brɩtᶊt] doon [‘down’] or back on me. Prob. the same word as Mod. H.G. britschen, Sw. dial. britsa, vb., to strike.

britjin [brɩtᶊɩn], sb., a cod, cut half through with a single cut across the back before being put into the pot (in contrast to tribritjin, sb., cod with three cuts). Y^b. *brytjingr. See britj¹, vb.

bro¹ [brō], sb., characteristic feature or likeness, esp. inherited likeness in features; only reported in negative phrases: shø [‘she’] has no [‘not’] a b. o’ her midder [‘mother’], she has no resemblance to her mother. N.Roe or Wh. *brá. No. braa, Sw. dial. brå, b. på, vb., to resemble; take after (= bregda, brägda); cf. O.N. bragð, n., inter alia outward appearance (b. 4. Fr.).

bro² [brō], sb., 1) a bubble of foam, resembling spittle, enclosing an insect; freq. seen in the grass in the fields, esp. in autumn, and said to cause sickness among cattle; doubtless the name of the insect. 2) butterwort, pinguicula (plant); full of sticky, insect-catching glands and avoided by grazing cattle; U. — “de coo is eten [‘has eaten’] a b. ut o’ de eart’”, is said of a cow when having cramp in the tongue (U.). The word is usually applied in the phrase “to bite (upo) de b.”; “shø [‘she’] has bitten de b.”, of a