_Amber_, a yellow substance found on the shores of the Baltic Sea and
used from very early days as an ornament. The "southern men," or
traders from the shores of the Mediterranean, came north to buy it.
_Ark_, a box for treasures.
_Atwain_, in two pieces, e.g. "The sword ... had smitten his body
atwain."
_Avail_, n. power; n. to have power, to succeed.
_Bale_, disaster, destruction, death; a great pile of wood for
burning.
_Balks_, pieces of timber used to make a bridge.
_Bane_, destruction or a cause of destruction; often used to mean an
enemy or slayer, e.g. Sigurd's sword is called "Fafnir's bane," and
in the old saga Sigurd himself had the title Fafnir's-Bane.
_Barter_, to give in exchange for something else.
_Bast_, wrappings made of the soft inner bark of trees.
_Bath of the swan_, the sea.
_Battle-acre_, field of battle.
_Beaker_, a drinking cup.
_Befall_, happen.
_Begrudge_, to feel unwillingness in giving, to be displeased at
another's success. Loki is called the World's Begrudger, because he
liked to cause failure and unhappiness, and hated success in others.
_Bench-cloths_, coverings for seats.
_Bent_, a piece of high ground.
_Betide_, p.t. betided; p.p. betid; to happen, come to pass,
e.g. "What hath betid?"
_Bickering_, stormy, struggling.
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