Icel.
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Iceland.
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Icelandic.
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Icel. beita to set dogs on, to feed, originally, to cause to bite, fr.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
D. boom, OHG. boum, poum, G. baum, Icel. ba?mr,
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
Icel. bolr; akin to Sw. b†l, Dan. bul, trunk, stem of a tree, G. bohle a thick plank or board; cf.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
Ling, Icel., the heath or heather plant: ljung I take to be the same word.
From Notes and Queries, Number 180, April 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
The weak preterit tense of berien is very rare; if bere = A.S. beran sometimes has the same meaning, i.e. ‘to strike,’ the reason is that A.S. beran and Icel. berja are confounded.
From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown
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