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body. The forms bolin(g) and bulin are more common than bol(i), see bolin(g).

bol³ [bȯl], sb., hollow or middle of a net-basket, de b. o’ de mesi (cf. idracht, støri). Prop. the same word as bol², boli. O.N. bolr, bulr, m., trunk; body. — In some compds. bul [buI, bol] alternates with bol; see bol (bul)-bend, sb., and bol (bul)-led, sb. Abbr., bul in sometimes found in the same sense as bulled.

bol¹ [bōl, bō^əl] and boul [bɔul], vb., 1) of fire: to blaze; flame, a bo(u)lin fire; N.I. (bol, boul); Nm. and De. (boul). 2) of smoke; dust, etc. in quantities: to smoke; drift; drive before the wind; roll onward or along; U. (bol, boul). 3) a) to start along, warm and dripping with sweat (to bol); he cam’ bolin in, he burst into the house (Fe.); b) to bowl along, esp. of a vessel: de boat is bolin to the east(w)ard (Uⁿ.); of the moon passing through quickly-driving clouds: de moon is bolin (Uⁿ.); cf. wed, vb. — *bála, *bálask, (of fire) to blaze; flame; cf. Icel. bálast, vb., to leap up; blaze up.

bol² [bō^əl], vb., to stack peats in a bol(i) or heap. Fo. See bol², sb.

bolbak, bolbek [bȯIbak, -bək], bolbog [bȯᶅbog] and bolvog [bȯl·vōg·], sb., upperhand; advantage; benefit obtained at another’s expence; to tak’ (get) b., to use the opportunity; to get the upperhand; du will no tak’ (get) b. ower me, you shall not get the upperhand of me or benefit at my expense (Fe.); he took b. upo me, he took too great liberties at my expense. N.I. [bȯlbak: U., Y.; bȯlbak and bȯl·vōg·: Fe.]. De. [bȯᶅbog]. Wests. [bȯlbak, bȯlbək, bȯlək]. bolek [bȯlək] (Ai.): “…gin ye try ta tak ower muckle bullack (too impertinent) apo wis…” (quotation from “Da Tief i’ da Neean”, “Shet-

land Times”, 1879). O.N. bilbugr,

m., bending; yielding as the result of a strong impression; a violent obtrusion; Icel. fá bilbug á e-m, to vanquish someone (verbally reported); Fær. bilbugt, f., predominance; upperhand, fáa bilbugt við einun, to get the upperhand of someone. — In Fe. also as a verb: to bolbak ane [‘one’].

bolbank, sb., see bolkes, sb.

bolbend [bȯl·bænd·], sb., the pack (bend) for transport of peats in a straw-rope net (mesi), without use of the ordinary basket (kessi); Y. Also comm.: bulbend [bul·bænd·, bol·bænd·]; Nm., De., Conn. See further bol³, sb., and bolled (bulled), sb.

bolder, sb. and vb., see bulder.

bolførd [bɔᶅ·fø̄^ərd·, bɔil·-], vb., to hide away; put aside; keep safe in a secret place, to b. a ting. U^{n. and w.} Prob.: *ból-fœra = to hide away (O.N. ból, n., bed; couch; hiding-place).

bolførdin [bɔᶅ·fø̄r·din, bɔil·-], sb., an object (found and) preserved in a secret place. U^{n. and w.} Deriv. of bolførd, vb.

bolga [bȯlga], sb., inflammation together with dropsy in the throat of cattle and sheep. Nⁿ. More comm.: kwerkapus (kwarki-; hwerka-, hwarki-). Icel. bólga, f., swelling; inflammation.

bol-hook, sb., see bolnokki.

bolin(g) [bolɩŋ, bɔlɩŋ, bolin, bɔlin, bȯlin] and bolek [bolək, bɔlək], sb., heap of peats, piled up for drying, consisting of 3—4 or 5 resins (see resin, sb.), a b. o’ peats. Comm. in N.I. bolɩŋ, bɔlɩŋ (bålɩŋ): Uⁿ., bɔlɩŋ: Fe., bɔlin: U^w., Y., bȯlin: Y., bɔlək: U^w. Sporadic outside of the N.I. From De. is reported bolek [bolək]; and from Wests. (Sa.) the form bulin [bulin], denoting a bigger pile of peats (6 to 12 resins).