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brattfall

Westrobothnian

Etymology

brȧtt +‎ fall

Noun

3 n

1. steep fall of a stream

brega

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse brea, brjá (“to gleam, shine.”) Compare Norwegian Nynorsk brjå (“flash, lightning,”) brjå (“to gleam, glitter,”) Icelandic bregða (“to move quickly; appear briefly.”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²breːɣɐ/, /breɐ/

Verb

3

1. To flicker, sparkle, flame.

Etymology 2

Compare bresa (“spread the legs.”)

Verb

3

1. boast, exaggerate

bres

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Possibly relating to bräj, breid (“wide.”)

Noun

1. (anatomy) Crotch, crutch.
2. (zoology) Gland.

Alternative forms

• bress

Related terms

• bresa

brest

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse bresta, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”).

Verb

3 (preterite brestä)

1. (transitive) unpick, rip apart what is sewn
2. (intransitive) sprout, malt; of seed and seed grain

brii

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse vríða, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną.

Verb

3 (singular bri, preterite briidd or bräjj, supine bridi or bridd)

1. (transitive) To twist.
2. (reflexive) To sour.

Alternative forms

• vriid
• vrii
• vrööyd
• wäir

Related terms

• vridel
• vred

brik

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse brík.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /briːk/

  Rhymes: -íːk

Noun

3 f (definite singular brika)

1. bench, bench board
2. shelf, niche, rim above the stove, slab or bricked board shelf over the stove, shelf on the baking oven wall
3. seat board with hole (in privy)

brist

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Compare brest.

Verb

brîst

1. To be lacking, to fault.

Noun

3 f

1. A lack = laist.
2. (anatomy) The ankle.

Noun

3 m

1. A bunk.

Alternative forms

• vrist

brok

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse brók, cognate with Old English brōc (whence the English breech, breeches), Old High German bruoh (whence German Bruch) and Finnish ruoke (loanword).

Noun

3 f

1. A pair of trousers, pants.

Related terms

• bööks
• hussu
• kjohll
• kleda
• skjohtt
• trȯij

 

Etymology 2

From brok (“pied, motley colored”), from Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *brōk-uhta- (“speckle, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁ǵ- (“to brighten”), thus related to Old Norse bjartr (“bright”). Compare other North Germanic forms brog(e), brok(e).

Noun

3 m

1. A variegated horse.

Noun

3 f

1. A variegated mare.
2. A variegated, multicolored fabric or cloth.

Related terms

• broku (“variegated”)

brona

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse bruni.

Noun

3 m

1. Burning.
2. Fire, conflagration.

Verb

3

1. To glow from feber.

brosk

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• brausk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²brʊsk/, /²brɔsk/, [b̥rɯ̞̀ᵝskʲ], [b̥rʌ̀ʷskʲ] Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

• Rhymes: -ʊ̀sk

Verb

3 (preterite broskä)

1. (intransitive) crunch, crackle

   Hä brosk unner tennren

   It crackles under the teeth

broskber

Westrobothnian

Etymology

brosk +‎ ber

Noun

3 n (definite plural broskbera)

1. Cornus suecica

brukkt

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Old Norse brúk n

Noun

3 f

1. dung, fertilizer, manure

Synonyms

• brukning f

References

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Brukkt”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 58

brur

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse brúðr, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz.

Noun

3 f (definite singular brura)

1. a bride

Related terms

• breurgómm
• brurframm
• brursvein
• brurpig

brut

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse brjóta, from Proto-Germanic *breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewd-. Through vowel-substitution also found as bryt, bryit; compare bruttu.

Pronunciation

• (Umeå, Bygdeå) IPA^(key): /²brʉːt/
• (Luleå) IPA^(key): /²breʊ̯ːt/
• (Kalix) IPA^(key): /²brɞʊ̯ːt/

  Rhymes: -ʉ̀ːt

Verb

3 (preterite bröjt or braut, supine brutti)

1. (transitive, with å or sånder) to break; to divide abruptly or remove a piece from something by breaking it

   Hä skikkä säg sä, att’n braut å bäinä

   It so happened, that he broke his leg.

Derived terms

• breot heode för

Related terms

• bruttu

brygd

Westrobothnian

Adjective

3

1. puzzled, embarrassed

Noun

3 f

1. quandary, concerns

   jö er i brögd

   I’m in a quandary

Alternative forms

• brögd

bräka

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• vräka

Etymology

From Old Norse vreka, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną.

Verb

3 (singular bräk, preterite brok, plural brook, supine bräki)

1. to throw, heave
2. (reflexive, with adverb or preposition) hurry

See also

• raka
• räka
• reka

bränkän

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• (Burträsk) IPA^(key): [brè̞ŋʲːke̞nˠ]
• (Norsjö) IPA^(key): [brèŋːkʲe̞ɳ]

Verb

3 (preterite bränknä)

1. To almost succumb to a heavy burden.

   hä var sóm ’an skull ’a bränknä

   It was as if he would have succumbed to the burden.

brätt

Westrobothnian

Noun

3 f

1. the steep front of a vehicle

Alternative forms

• brȧtt

Related terms

• brȧtt
• bräätt’

bräätt’

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From brȧtt (“steep.”).

Verb

3 (preterite brättä)

1. (transitive) To bend, curve (skids, runners.)

brå

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From older bradur, from Old Norse bráðr, from Proto-Germanic *brēþaz.

Adjective

3 (neuter brått)

1. Early, fast, very early; precocious.

   brå om mórna ― rising early in the morning

   Nögęs ve fåra så brått? ― Do we have to leave so early?

   Hon jär brå. ― She (the clock) is early; or she (the girl) is precocious.

Derived terms

• bråbehövän
• bråfiken
• bråfrejdu
• bråfång
• bråger
• bråkast
• bråvarm

Etymology 2

Cognate with Icelandic bregða, pret. brá.

Verb

3

1. To take after.
2. To resemble.

   Hä skin som skull ä brå på grönt ― It look as if resembling green

bråfang

Westrobothnian

Noun

3 n

1. what currently can be obtained quickly

brågjör

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• brågjer

Etymology

bråd +‎ gjör = *brēþaz + *garwaz

Pronunciation

• (Umeå, 1804) IPA^(key): /broˈɟʏːɾ/

Adjective

3

1. early mature, rathripe; said of people and fruit

Antonyms

• seingör

bråk

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• brak

Etymology

From Old Norse bráka. Compare Norwegian bråka, Swedish bråka, Danish brage.

Pronunciation 1

• Rhymes: -òːk

Verb

3 (preterite bråkä)

1. To break, tear up.

Pronunciation 2

• Rhymes: -óːk

Noun

3 n

1. (pathology) Hernia.

Synonyms

• hęlslaust

brått

Westrobothnian

Adjective

3 n sg

1. The neuter singular of brå.

Adverb

3

1. Too quickly, fast.

   Klokka går brått ― The clock runs too fast

bråvarm

Westrobothnian

Noun

3 m (definite singular bråvarmen)

1. heat generated by prematurely sliding the chimney damper

brögd

Westrobothnian

Noun

3 f (definite brögda)

1. quandary

brönn

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse brunnr, bruðr, from Proto-Germanic *brunnaz.

Pronunciation

• (Hössjö, Umeå) IPA^(key): [b̥rœ́nː]
• (Skellefteå, Överkalix ) IPA^(key): [b̥rónː]
• (Luleå) IPA^(key): [b̥rʊ́nː]

  Rhymes: -ʊ́nð, -ʊ́nː

Noun

3 n

1. a small hole in the ice; e.g. for getting water or washing

Derived terms

• smørbrönn

bröstgval

Westrobothnian

Etymology

bröst +‎ gval

Noun

3 m

1. The cross section of a loom against which the chest of the weaver is supported.

brøspau

Westrobothnian

Noun

3 f (definite brøspaua)

1. Bread shovel, peel.

brȧtt

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse brattr, brantr, from Proto-Germanic *brantaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrondos, from *bʰren-. Cognate with Faroese brattur, Icelandic brattur, Norwegian bratt, Danish brat, Swedish brant, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent.)

Adjective

brȧ̆tt

1. steep

Antonyms

• sljett
• flat

Related terms

• fjäll
• brätt
• håbb
• bäri
• bakk

Noun

3 f

1. the steep front of a vehicle

Alternative forms

• brätt

See also

• lang
• bräj
• haug
• stor
• tjɑkk
• tȯr
• vot
• ly
• kɑll

bu

Westrobothnian

Noun

3 f (definite singular bua, definite plural buen)

1. (childish) ghost; nuisance, harm

   bua i feingren

   some sort of nuisance in the fingers

buffer

Westrobothnian

Verb

3

1. Alternative form of bufför

bufför

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• buffer, buffär

Etymology

Considered a contraction of Old Norse bú and fœra; compare Jamtish búføre, Helsingian buföra, Norwegian buføra (“To move the cows to pastures”), Old Norse búfarir f pl, búferli n (“A household's move from one place to another in the country”).

Verb

3 (preterite buffrä)

1. (intransitive) To move the cattle to the shielings.
2. (intransitive) To move, to resettle.

   Ska gje buffer heim nu?

   Are you going to move home now?

   Dȯm hallpå buffer.

   They are moving.

3. (intransitive) To move in general; about moving of any kind.

Derived terms

• buffring
• buffringsbok
• buffellning
• bufferning
• bufförning

References

• Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten, 1804, Ordbok över Umemålet →ISBN
• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Bufför, buffär”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 63

bugu

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bʉːɣʉ/ Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note
• Rhymes: -ʉ̀ːɣʉ

Noun

3 f

1. A kind of lattice or basket of withies for carrying hay, wood and the like with.

Further reading

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Bugu”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 64

bukksér

Westrobothnian

Verb

3

1. To work with strength.

bull

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bolli, from Proto-Germanic *bullô.

Noun

3 m

1. wooden bowl, lathed vessel, big bowl

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *bullǭ.

Noun

3 f

1. loaf

Derived terms

• bullsjiv
• bullstommel
• rågbull

bullsjiv

Westrobothnian

Noun

1. Slice of wheat bread.

bullt

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse boltr; like Icelandic bolti, Danish bolt and Swedish bult probably partly from Middle Low German bolte, bolten, likely from the stem of Old Norse bolr, bulr "bole".

Noun

3 m

1. A beam in a loom.
2. An agricultural roller.
3. A bundle.

   vemarsbullt

   a bundle of wadmal

Related terms

• bullt’

bullt’

Westrobothnian

Verb

bullt’

1. To flatten using an agricultural roller.

Related terms

• bullt

bulut

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse *bolóttr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ˈbʉːɽˌʉːt/, /ˈbʉːɽʉt/

Noun

3 m

1. bull calf

Synonyms

• bulik

buløt

Westrobothnian

Adjective

3

1. (of person) Original.

buner

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse búnaðr (“equipment”) (also compare búningr); attested with the loaned Swedish plural form -(e)r.

Noun

3 f pl

1. frames for a table: table legs or supports and the whole structure on which the tabletop rests

Synonyms

• bolsbuner

bunnt

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• bonnt

Adjective

3

1. proud, uppity

bur

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz.

Noun

3 n

1. (hunting) cage for catching birds
2. hovel

Derived terms

• fåtabeor
• stabur

burder

Westrobothnian

Verb

būrdēr

1. To embroider.

   hon sȧt(t) å burderä ― She sat and embroidered

Derived terms

• burdering

References

• Pehr Stenberg, 1804, Ordbok över Umemålet

bussj

Westrobothnian

Verb

3 (preterite & supine bussjä)

1. (transitive) To set the dog on someone.

bussu

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Related to bȯss and bȯsa.

Noun

3 f (definite singular bussun)

1. straw bedding for pigs
2. bad bed/bedding/berth, bad lying place for people

Compounds

• schwynbussu

but

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bútr, likely in ablaut relation to Old Norse bauta, Old High German bōzan, Old English bēatan, English beat. Compare Jamtish búss, Norwegian butt, buss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʉːt/

  Rhymes: -ʉ́ːt

Noun

3 m (definite butn)

1. A thick stick.
2. A piece, clod, lump.
3. In general that which is bulky and shapeless.

   En but dill kall

   a big and fat man

4. A cumulus cloud.

Derived terms

• (cloud): butes
• butut
• butsko

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bʉːt/

  Rhymes: -ʉ̀ːt

Verb

3

1. To earth up potatoes with a certain kind of plough.

butes

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From but (“lump; cumulus”) +‎ -es (“middle voice verb suffix.”).

Verb

3

1. (middle voice, intransitive, of clouds) To form into lumps.

butøt

Westrobothnian

Etymology

but +‎ -ut

Adjective

3

1. grumpy, obtuse

byddjå

Westrobothnian

Verb

3

1. begin, start, start off

Related terms

• byggjen

byggj

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse byggja, byggva, from Proto-Germanic *būwijaną, frequentative form of *būaną = bo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʏ̀d͡ʒː/, [pʏ̀t͡ɕː], [pʏ̀ɪ̯t͡ɕː]

  Rhymes: -ʏ̀t͡ɕː

Verb

3 (preterite bygd, supine bygdt, past participle bögd)

1. To build.

   Hä var int radt dill å byggj’n körk.

   It was not convenient to build a church.

2. To repair a net.

   Drängen männ kan bygg (byddj) hä’n bruti

   My farmhand can repair what he's broken.

See also

• byddjå (“to start”)
• byggjen (“in the beginning”)

byggjen

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• byijen
• byiddjen

Etymology

From Middle Low German beginnen.

Adverb

3

1. In the beginning.

   byggjen a daom

   the beginning of the day, morning

   byggjen a vekkun

   the beginning of the week

Synonyms

• i fȯrstkȧsten

Related terms

• byddjå

byss

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʏ̀sː, -ø̀sː

Noun

3 f (definite singular byssa)

1. weapon, firearm

Derived terms

• glemabyss

byt

Westrobothnian

Verb

3

1. present singular of byyt
2. imperative singular of byyt

bytihop

Westrobothnian

Verb

3

1. To exchange in order to complement each other’s possessions.

byyt

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Middle Low German buten, from the prefix *bi- and a verb corresponding to Icelandic ýta and Danish yde, ultimately from *ūt.

Verb

3 (preterite baut, supine byti or bytt, past participle bytt)

1. (transitive) To switch, change, exchange.

Synonyms

• (exchange): kaast

Derived terms

• angerbytt
• bytihop
• byting (“little lame duck”)
• kyt å byt
• hytt å bytt

bânnes

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse banna, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²banːes/, /²bænːɛs/

Verb

3 (preterite bântes)

1. (middle voice, intransitive) To swear, curse.

bäck-ahlmytkj

Westrobothnian

Etymology

bäck +‎ ahlmytkj

Noun

3 n (definite bäck-ahlmytkjä)

1. The tufted loosestrife, (Lysimachia thyrsiflora.)

bäkker

Westrobothnian

Noun

3 m

1. Alternative spelling of bekker

bäli

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse belja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bɛːɭɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛ̀ːlɪ

Verb

3 (preterite bęlję)

1. to bellow, low

Etymology 2

From Old Norse belgja, from Proto-Germanic *balgijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bɛːɽɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛ̀ːɽɪ

Verb

3 (preterite bęlję)

1. gulp up

   bäli uti segh ― to gulp up, swill

Etymology 3

From Old Norse belgr, from Proto-Germanic *balgiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bɛːɽɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛ̀ːɽɪ

Noun

3 f (definite singular bęlja)

1. bellows; also about the belly of a cow that has eaten a lot

bäll

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Compare Old Norse bella (“be able to”), whence Helsingian and Jamtish belle, Elfdalian bälla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bɛlː/, /²be̞lː/, /²belː/, /²beːɭ/, /²beːɽ/

Verb

3

1. To try to do something without having the skill or ability, occupy oneself with something.

   beel ve

   to be occupied with ...

Related terms

• bällen
• bällmakar

bällen

Westrobothnian

Etymology

bäll +‎ -en

Adjective

3

1. who is not perplexed

bällmakar

Westrobothnian

Etymology

bäll +‎ -makar

Noun

3 m

1. tinkerer, experimenter

bär

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse berr, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰos- (“bare, barefoot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛːr/, /baːr/, /beːr/, /bæːr/

Adjective

3 (neuter bärt, adverb bära)

1. bare, free of snow, bare ground

Derived terms

• bärarmt
• bärbäint
• bärfot
• bärhändt
• bärjol
• bärskodd

bärfot

Westrobothnian

Adjective

3

1. barefoot

bärg

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• berg
• bäri
• bäre

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bjarg, berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛre/, /bɛrɡ/, /be̞rɡ/

Noun

3 n (definite singular bärgä)

1. Mountain, bedrock.

   Han krävlä óppför bärgä ― He climbed up the mountain.

Derived terms

• berghåbb

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bjarga (pres. berg), from Proto-Germanic *berganą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bɛːre/, /²bɛːrɪ/, /²be̞rɡ/

Verb

3 (preterite bädh)

1. To harvest hay.
2. (reflexive) To have a livelihood, protect oneself.

Derived terms

• bärgän (“rich, wealthy”)
• bärgänhäit (“livelihood”)
• bärgning (“livelihood”)
• rabädh (“(of crop) harvested in a short time”)

bärgän

Westrobothnian

Etymology

bärg +‎ -en

Pronunciation

• (Lövånger) IPA^(key): /²be̞rɡe̞n/

Adjective

3

1. Rich, wealthy.

bärhändt

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse berhendt, berhandtr.

Adjective

3

1. barehanded

References

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Bär·händt”, “Bärhändt”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 23 and 76

bärjol

Westrobothnian

Etymology

bär +‎ jol

Noun

3 f (definite bärjola)

1. bare ground

bärr

Westrobothnian

Verb

3 (preterite bärrä)

1. (transitive) To stretch out, lock out.

   bärr arma ― to stretch out the arms from the body

   Talln bärr kvista sin ― The pine tree extends its boughs.

bärän

Westrobothnian

Adjective

3

1. that can be carried

   Häddäna jär int bärän, hä jär för mykkjä tongt

   That there cannot be carried, it is much too heavy.

bävel

Westrobothnian

Noun

3 m

1. devil

Synonyms

• däväl
• djäkul

bå

Westrobothnian

Noun

3 m

1. The trunk of a shirt, the sleeves and collar exempt.

Derived terms

• skjortbå

Noun

3 n

1. A message.

Derived terms

• kȯhlbȯd

Related terms

• boda

båhtt

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse burt, brott, braut.

Pronunciation

• (chiefly universal) IPA^(key): /boʈː/, [b̥ɔ́ʈʰː]

Adverb

3

1. away, off (things, people that are in motion)

Synonyms

• åweg

See also

• båhtti
• båhtta

bålsta

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From stȧ (“place.”) Compare Old Norse bulr, bolr (“bole, trunk,”) and bólstaðr (“living place, dwelling”) - see bol.

Pronunciation

• (Burträsk, Lövånger) IPA^(key): [²b̥oːˌʂʈæː]
• (Bygdeå) IPA^(key): [²b̥ɞːɽˌʂʈæː]

Noun

1. True home (for people who move around all over the place, but still somewhere have their actual home); homestead.

bån

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• bân
• ban

Etymology

From Old Norse barn. Identical to Jamtish báðn and Norwegian bån.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b̥óːn], [b̥ɑ́ːɳ], [b̥ɒ́ːɳ], [b̥ɑ́ːn] Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

Noun

3 n (defininte singular bånä, dative bånen, definite plural båna, dative bånom, vocative bånä)

1. Child (young person.)

   syt bånom

   to take care of children

Derived terms

• barfödd (“born”)
• barsjuk
• bȧrstugu (“living room”)
• bȧrsäng
• bȧrsli (“childish”)
• bånsytar (“male caretaker of children”)
• bånsytersk (“female caretaker of children”)
• bånomaga
• hataban
• lesbån (“confirmand”)
• tegubån

bårådd

Westrobothnian

Adjective

3

1. perplexed, hesitant, puzzled

båslæ

Westrobothnian

Noun

3 n (definite singular båslæde)

1. wooden partition between cow boxes

båt

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse bátr, from Old English bāt (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *baitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːt/, /bɒːt/, /bɑːt/

  Rhymes: -óːt

Noun

3 m (definite båtn, plural bååt)

1. a boat

bód

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Related to Old Norse bulr, bolr (“bole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b̥ɞʈː], [b̥òːʈ]

Noun

3 m

1. boil

Synonyms

• qwejs

bódht

Westrobothnian

Adverb

3

1. Alternative spelling of båhtt

böga

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• båga
• boga
• boa

Etymology

From Old Norse bogi, from Proto-Germanic *bugô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b̥ɞ̀ːɣɐ], [b̥òːɣɐ], [b̥ʊ̀ːɣɐ], [b̥ʊ̀ːɐ]

  Rhymes: -ʊ̀ːɣɐ

Noun

3 m

1. bow, arch, curve, arc, span
2. frame (painting, mirror)

böijel

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• bæijel
• baijel

Noun

3 m

1. bend, curvature, bow; e.g. of a road or a branch bent down by snow
2. hoop

böl

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Compare Danish ballade (“mischief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʏːl/

  Rhymes: -ǿːl

Noun

1. (indeclinable) Mischief.

   full i böl

   full of mischief

Noun

1. Rascal, punk.

bönna

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• bönne

Etymology

Compare Old High German bauhan, pauhan n (“portentum, monstrum;”) bauhnjan, pauhnen (“renuere, abnuere.”)

Noun

3

1. (indeclinable) Wonder, something unusual, wonderful, extraordinary, evoking admiration or surprise.

   Hä var bönna!

   It was spectacular, wonderful, unmatched, extraordinary.

Usage notes

The word is used mostly adverbially or as an interjection.

Related terms

• böönn’

bör

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From earlier *byr(i), from Old Norse *biri, beri, with loss of -i by analogy with present indicative ber; compare supine forms like byri, vyri, fyri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɞːr/

Verb

3

1. singular present subjunctive of bera

börell

Westrobothnian

Noun

3 m

1. Alternative spelling of børel

börfast

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse byrr + fastr.

Adjective

3

1. lying still for headwind or lull
2. perplexed; in a bad situation

börräs

Westrobothnian

Verb

3

1. To get mad, ferment.

bötn

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse bytna.

Verb

3 (preterite & supine bötne)

1. To reach the bottom.

Alternative forms

• böken

böönn’

Westrobothnian

Verb

böönn’ (preterite & supine bönnä, passive bönnäs)

1. To look at something with surprise, dismay; to stare; to hesitate.

   Hvo bönn du ti?

   What are you staring at?

Usage notes

Is often said about cattle, though also of people who stupidly and with wonder or fear gape at unusual objects.

Related terms

• bönna

bøgel

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From or related to Old Norse beygja (“to bend”), from Proto-Germanic *baugijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bøːɣe̞ɽ/

Noun

3 (definite singular bøgla, plural bøgel, definite plural bøglen)

1. A buckle, dent on metal things.

Synonyms

• bönkel

Verb

3 (preterite bøgle)

1. To make bumps, buckles, dents.

   bøgel eint pæppére

   don't wrinkle the paper

børel

Westrobothnian

Noun

3 m

1. A small and bad calf.
2. A boy.
3. An ox.

Derived terms

• kalvbørel
• paikbørel
• oksbørel

bøtj

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Like Norwegian bykja, bøykja, Swedish byka, Danish byge, bøge from Middle Low German būken, cognate to German bauchen, bäuchen, English buck; of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b̥ʏ̀ʷːt͡ɕ], [bø̀ʷːt͡ɕ]

  Rhymes: -ø̀ːt͡ɕ

Verb

bø̱̂tj (preterite bö̂kt, supine bökt)

1. to wash

Synonyms

• rääns
• tjwöött

Noun

bø̱̂tj n (definite singular bø̱̀tje)

1. laundry
2. fuss, noise

bȯck

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German bucken, from Old Saxon *bukkōn, from Proto-West Germanic *bukkōn. Cognate with Norwegian bukka, Swedish bocka, Danish bukke.

Verb

3 (preterite bȯckä)

1. (transitive) To arch.

   hä bȯgas på at bȯck ryddjen nȧlta ― It’s costly to bend one’s back a little.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bukkr, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

Verb

1. A buck.

   hjȧp geijtä, hjȧp bȯckä, hjȧp, hjȧp ― Shoo goats, shoo bucks, shoo, shoo!

bȯckästugu

Westrobothnian

Etymology

bak +‎ stugu

Pronunciation

• (Umeå) IPA^(key): /bɞkɛˈstʉːɣʉ/

Noun

3 f

1. Bakehouse.

   mamma giär i bȯckästugun

   mom is in the bakehouse

bȯttnskȯrf

Westrobothnian

Noun

3 m (definite singular bȯttnskȯrfwen, definite plural bȯttnskȯrfwa)

1. Saduria entomon.

Synonyms

• krövisk m
• goldjillt f

bɑrgar

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bɑrɡɐr/, /²bɑrjɐr/, /²bɔrjɐr/ Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

Noun

3 m (definite singular bɑrgaɳ)

1. trader

Related terms

• bɑrg
• bɑrgęli

bḷåi

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse *blœja, from Proto-Germanic *blahwjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlok-. Cognate with Icelandic blæja (“veil.”).

Noun

bḷå̄i f

1. A winding cloth, a burial shroud.