16, XVII 75, &c.; _bi ... side_, beside, II 66, V 76; by (way of), over,
through, I 62, V 10, 16, 52, 93, X 11, XVII 477; along (with), beside,
II 280, 308, V 9, VIII _a_ 4, &c.; (following its case) II 301, V 21,
XVII 18; against, touching, V 242; past, II 252, 290, V 36, 39. (ii) In,
on, for (of _time_), II 8, 15, VIII _a_ 95, 274, XV _a_ 24, &c.; _see_
Dai, While. (iii) Measured by, compared with, according to, &c., V 28,
158, 296, 297, VIII _a_ 35, 58, 159, 248, _b_ 57, XI _b_ 5, &c. (iv) By
(means of), through, &c., II 408, VII 6, &c.; by virtue of, XI _b_ 20;
_lyue by_, &c., live on, II 257, VIII _a_ 284, _b_ 26; by (of _agent_),
XI _a_ 59, &c. (v) By (in oaths, &c.), II 316, V 54, &c. _Bi al þing_,
by every token, II 321, 375; _by so_, provided that, VIII _b_ 40; _bi
þan_, thereby, _or_ thereupon (cf. _after þan_), II 553; _bi þat_,
thereupon, V 84; by that time, VIII _a_ 285; as _conj._, by the time
that, VIII _a_ 294. [OE. _bī̆_.] _See_ Be.
#By#. _See_ Bigge.
#Bi-#, #By-#. _See_ Be-.
#Bible#, _n._ bible, VIII _a_ 227, XI _b_ 230, &c. [OFr. _bible_.]
#Bycause# (_of_), _prep._ because (of), XIII _b_ 16; _bycause_, _because
þat_, (conj.) because, XIII _b_ 61, 62, IX 114, 226. [Be, Bi + Cause,
_q.v._]
#Biche#, _n._ bitch, XIV _b_ 78. [OE. _bicce_.]
#Byclypped#. _See_ Beclipte.
#Bicome#, #Become#, _v._ to arrive; become; befit; _hyt bycomeþ for_, it
befits, VIII _b_ 65; #Becam#, _pa. t. sg._ XII _b_ 13; #Becomen#, _pl._
IX 148; #Bicome#, II 288; #Bicome#, _pp._ II 194; _wher sche was
bicome_, _whider þai bicome_, _wher he becam_, what had become (became)
of her (them, him), II 194, 288, XII _b_ 13. [OE. _be-cuman_.]
#Bidde#, #Bydde#, #Bid#, _v._ to pray, beg, VIII _a_ 233; to bid, I 265,
VI 160, VIII _a_ 210, XI _b_ 79, XII _a_ 48, XIV _d_ 3, XVI 118, XVII
418, &c.; #Bad(de)#, _pa. t. sg._ bade, XII _a_ 46, XV _i_ 16, XVI 201,
XVII 309, &c.; _bad to_, bade, XII _b_ 87; #Bed#, prayed to, III 46
(OKt. _bed_); #Bad#, _pl._ II 88, 137; #Bede#, _pp._ XII _a_ 42
(prayed), 101 (commanded). [OE. _biddan_; the confusion with _bēodan_
began in OE.] _See_ Bede.
#Bidderes#, _n. pl._ beggars, mendicants, VIII _a_ 197. [OE. _biddere_.]
#Byd(d)yng#, #Bidding#, _n._ bidding, commands, I 86, XVI 257, XVII 76,
121, 375. [From Bidde.]
#Bide#, #Byde#, _v._ to abide (_intr._ remain, _trans._ await, face,
endure), V 224, VI 39, XIV _c_ 21, 47, XVI 23, 207, &c. [OE.
_bīdan_.] _See_ Abide.
#Bidene#, #Bydene#, #Bedeyn# (XVII), _adv._ forthwith, withal (often
meaningless), VII 79, 127, XIV _b_ 74, XVII 442; _al bidene_, XIV _b_
11. [See _N.E.D._]
#Bye#, #Byete#. _See_ Bigge, Bete, _v._^1
#Bifel#. _See_ Befalle.
#Bifor(e)#, #Byforn#, #Befor(e)#, #Beuore#, &c., _adv._ before (hand),
II 147, VII 121, &c.; _eir befor_, X 140; as _sb._, XVII 331; _prep._
before, in presence of, &c., II 42, III 58, V 4, IX 126, &c.; (of
_time_) VI 238, XI _b_ 48, &c.; _bifore þat_, before (_conj._), XI _b_
195; #Byfore#, _conj._ (with _subj._), before, VI 170. [OE. _be-foran_.]
#Big#, #Bigge#, _v._ to take up one's abode; _to big his boure_, to
establish his dwelling, XIV _b_ 26; _bigges him_, settles himself, XIV
_b_ 24. [ON. _byggja_.] _See_ Biging.
#Bigan#, #Began#, &c. _See_ Begynne.
#Bigge#, #Bygge#, _adj._ strong, lusty, big, IV _a_ 51, V 33, VI 14, VII
139, VIII _a_ 207. [See _N.E.D._]
#Bigge#, _v._ to buy, purchase, pay for, redeem, VIII _a_ 275; #Beie#,
XII _b_ 24; #By(e)#, IV _a_ 65, IX 113; #Byye#, VI 118; #Bugge#, XV _g_
3; _pa. t._ #Boght#, IV _a_ 38; #Bouȝte#, VIII _a_ 201; #Bouhte#,
VIII _b_ 100; #Boght#, _pp._ IV _a_ 80, XII _b_ 153, XVII 373;
#Bought(e)#, XVI 8, 275; #Iboust#, XV _g_ 26 (_see_ App. p. 278); _it
bees boght full dere_, you will pay for it dearly, XVII 373. [OE.
_bycgan_, (Kt.) _becgan_.] _See_ Abugge.
#Byggynge#, _n._ buying, IX 90. [From prec.] _See_ Bying.
#Bigile#, #Bygyle#, _v._ to deceive, V 345, 348, 359, XIV _b_ 44. [OE.
_be-_ + OFr. _guiler_.] _See_ Gile.
#Biging#, _n._ dwelling, XIV _a_ 20. [From Big, _v._]
#Bygonne#, &c. _See_ Begynne.
#Bigruccheth#, _3 sg. pres._ grumbles at, VIII _a_ 69. [OE. _be-_ + OFr.
_groucher_.] _See_ Grucche.
#Byȝe#, _n._ ring, VI 106. [OE. _bēg_.]
#Bihold#, #Behald(e)#, _v._ to behold, look, II 387, 502, IV _a_ 81,
XVII 509, 534, &c.; _bihold on_, _behold to_, look at, II 367, XVII 343;
#Beholdes#, _imper. pl._, XVI 195; #Behelde#, _pa. t. sg._ VII 64;
#Biheld#, II 101, 320, 323, 530; #Behielde#, _pl._ XII _a_ 164;
#Bihold#, #-holde(n)#, _pp._ II 409, 417, XII _b_ 116. [OE.
_be-háldan_.] _See_ Holde(n).
#Bihote#, #Byhote#, _v._ to promise, vow, VIII _a_ 227; _byhote God_, I
vow to God, VIII _a_ 273; #Behihtest#, _2 sg. pa. t._ XII _b_ 43;
#Behete#, _pp._ XVII 430; #Bihot#, XV _a_ 20. [OE. _be-hātan_.] _See_
Hote.
#Bihoue#, _v._ to need; _impers._ in _me bihoues_, I must, it is time
for me to, V 228; _pers._ in #Bus#, _2 sg. pres._; _þou bus be_, you
ought to be, XVI 338; #Behufit#, _pa. t._ had need (to), X 156. [OE.
_be-hōfian_; with the reduced form _bus_ cf. _has_, _hast_, &c.]
#Byye#. _See_ Bigge.
#Bying#, _n._ redemption, XVI 12. [From By, to buy. _See_ Bigge, _v._;
Byggynge.]
#Biis#, _n._ fine linen, II 242. [OFr. _bysse_.]
#Biknowe#, #Byknowe#, _v._ to confess, V 317 (_I b. yow_, I confess to
you), VIII _b_ 96; #Beknowen#, _pp._ in _þou art b. of_, you have
confessed, V 323. [OE. _be-cnāwan_, only recorded in sense 'know'.]
#Bile#, #Bill# (XVII), _n._ beak, XII _a_ 182, XVII 508. [OE. _bile_.]
#Byled#, _pa. t._ boiled, bubbled, V 14; #Boyled#, _pp._ V 106. [OFr.
_boillir_; for similar development of vowel in V, _see_ Nye,
Disstryeȝ.]
#Bylyue#, _n._ food, VIII _b_ 21, 29. [OE. _bī-leofa_.]
#Bylongeth#, _v. impers._ it belongs to, befits, VIII _b_ 70. [Be- +
Longe, _v._^2]
#Bilow#, _v._ to humble, VIII _a_ 223. [Formed on Lowe _adj._]
#Bilt#, _n._ dwelling, *II 483 (MS. ybilt, but required sense 'lodged'
is unexampled). [Obscurely rel. to ME. _bilden_, build; see _N.E.D._]
#Binam#, _pa. t. sg._ in _b. [hym] his mnam_, deprived him of his
talent, VIII _a_ 237; #Benome#, _pp._ in _b. þe poure ane peny_,
deprived the poor of a penny, III 13. [OE. _be-niman_.] _See_ Nyme.
#Bynde#, _v._ to bind, unite, IV _a_ 54, XVI 97; #Bond#, _pa. t. sg._
XII _b_ 120 (but _sb._ = _trosse_ is possible; _see_ Bonde, _n._);
#Ybounde#, _pp._ II 394. [OE. _bíndan_.] _See_ Vnbynde.
#Biqueste#, _n._ (bequest), will, VIII _a_ 79. [OE. _*be-cwiss_, related
to _be-cweþan_, bequeath; _cf._ Heste.]
#Bir#, #Byr#, #Bur# (V), _n._ a following wind, VII 126; speed (in _with
a byr_, speedily) XVII 371; violence, V 254; strength, V 193. [ON.
_byr-r_.]
#Byrd#. _See_ Brid(d).
#Bireue#, _v._ to deprive; _I wil it hym b._, I will deprive him of it,
VIII _a_ 242. [OE. _be-rēafian_, _be-rēfan_.]
#Byrye#, _v._ to bury, I 137, 140, 142, 144. [OE. _byrigan_.]
#Byrne#, #Burne#, _v. trans._ and _intr._ to burn, X 21 (rime with _in_
requires Bryn, _q.v._), X 181, &c.; #Byrnand#, _pres. p._ IV _a_ 26, X
27, 30. [OE. _birnan_, _byrnan_, &c., intr.] _See_ Bren, Brin.
#Byrthen#, _n._ burden, IV _a_ 49. [OE. _byrþen_.]
#Biseche#, #Bysech#, #Beseche#, _v._ to implore, II 113, 453, VI 30, IX
269, 328, XII _a_ 38; #Besoghte#, _pa. t._ XII _a_ 26; #Besoughte#, IX
294. [OE. _be_ + _sēcan_.] _See_ Seche.
#Bisemeȝ#, _v. impers._ it suits, V 123. [Be- + Seme, _q.v._]
#Bisyde#, #Besyde#, _adv._ at the side, at one's side, hard by, I 209, V
20, 162, XII _b_ 125. [OE. _be sīdan_, at the side.]
#Biside(n)#, #Be-#, #Bysyde#, _prep._ beside, XI _b_ 57; (following its
case) I 243, II 303, V 197, XIV _b_ 28, &c. _See_ prec.
#Bisides#, #Bisydeȝ#, _adv._ at the side(s), round about, II 401, V
96. [Prec. + adv. _-es_.]
#Bisides#, #Bysydes#, _prep._ beside, near, XIII _a_ 10; (following
pron.) II 281. [As prec.]
#Bysy(e)#, #Bysie#, #Besy# (_aboute_), _adj._ busy, occupied (with, in),
XI _b_ 252, 287, 289, 293, 297. [OE. _bisig_.]
#Bysynes(se)#, #Besynes# (IV), _n._ restlessness, IV _b_ 28; industry,
XIII _b_ 24; _worldly b._ attention to worldly affairs, XI _b_ 2, 309;
_b. of worldly occupacion_, preoccupation with w. affairs, XI _b_ 251.
[OE. _bisig_ + _-nes_.]
#Bis(s)chop#, #Bysshop(p)e#, #Bissoppe#, _n._ bishop, I 246, III 58
(_dat. sg._), VIII _a_ 143, _b_ 74, XI _a_ 66, &c. [OE. _biscop_.]
#Byswykeȝ#. _See_ Beswyke.
#Biswynke#, _v._ to earn with toil, VIII _a_ 207. [OE. _be-swincan_.]
#Bitaiste# (= bitaihte), _pa. t._ entrusted, XV _g_ 21. [OE.
_betǣcan_, pa. t. _betǣ̆hte_; on spelling _see_ App. p. 278.]
#Byte#, _v._ to bite, XVII 229; _apon the bone shal it byte_, it shall
cut to the bone, XVII 220. [OE. _bītan_.]
#Bitide#, #Bytyde#, &c., _v._ to happen; to happen to, befall, VI 37;
_pres. subj._ V 127, 315, 341, XIV _a_ 12; #Betidde#, _pp._ XVI 100;
_tide wat bitide_, come what may, II 339. [OE. _be_ + _tīdan_.] _See_
Tide.
#Bityme#, _adv._ in _all bityme_, in good time, XIV _b_ 27. [From _bi
tyme_, in time; cf. OE. _tō tīman_.] _See_ Tyme.
#Bitte#, #Bytte#, _n._ cutting edge, V 242; blade, V 156. [ON. _bit_,
cutting edge; OE. _bite_, a cut.]
#Bittir#, #Bytter#, _adj._ bitter, IV _b_ 27; salt (of water), IX 244;
grievous, XIV _c_ 68, XVI 207, &c. [OE. _bitter_.]
#Bytuene#. _See_ Betwene.
#Bytwyste#, _prep._ between (following its noun), VI 104. [A form of ME.
_be-twixt(e)_, extended from Betwix, _q.v._]
#Biwyled#, _pp._ deluded, V 357. [? OE. _be_ + _wiglian_; cf.
_biwiȝelien_, Layamon 969.] _See_ Wiles.
#Blabre#, _v._ to babble, XI _b_ 248. [Echoic; _cf._ Babelynge, Blubre.]
#Blac#, #Blak#, _adj._ black, II 265, IX 23, XII _a_ 99; _rowe and
blac_, with shaggy black hair, II 459; #Blake#, _oblique_ and _pl._ IX
4, XII _a_ 137, XV _c_ 14. [OE. _blæc_.]
#Blame#, _n._ blame; scolding, XVII 299; _v._ to blame, V 300, IX 274
(mistranslation; _see_ note), &c.; _to blame_, in the wrong, XIV _b_ 85.
[OFr. _bla(s)me_; _bla(s)mer_.]
#Blan#. _See_ Blynne.
#Blasphemye# (_to_), _n._ blasphemy (against), XI _b_ 110 [OFr.
_blasfemie_.]
#Blawene#. _See_ Blowe.
#Ble#, #Bleo# (XV), _n._ hue, complexion, in _briȝt on ble_, fair of
face, II 455; radiance, XV _b_ 16. [OE. _blēo_.]
#Blede#, _v._ to bleed, XIV _c_ 13; #Bled(de)#, _pa. t._ I 119, II 80.
[OE. _blēdan_.]
#Blefte#. _See_ Bleue.
#Blende#, _pa. t._ mingled, in _blende in his face_, rose to his cheeks,
V 303; #Blent#, _pp._ in _blent ... in blysse_, set amidst joy, VI 25.
[ME. _blenden_ obscurely related to OE. _blándan_, or ON. _blanda_.]
_See_ Vnblendyde.
#Blended#, _pp._ deluded, V 351. [OE. _bléndan_.] _See_ Blyndiþ.
#Blenk#, _v._ to gleam, V 247. [OE. _*blencan_, possibly identical with
recorded _blencan_, to cheat; for ME. _blenchen_, _blenken_, &c. = to
gleam, look at, glance aside, blench, cheat. Compare Glent, Glyfte.]
#Blent#, #Bleo#. _See_ Blende, Ble.
#Bleþeliche#, _adv._ gladly, III 53. [? Obscure alteration of OE.
_blīþelīce_.]
#Bleue#, _v._ to remain; _pres. subj._ III _introd._; #Blefte#, _pa. t._
III 18. [OE. _belǣfan_.] _See_ Leue, _v._^1
#Bleuȝ#, #Blew#. _See_ Blowe.
#Blew#, _n._ blue (stuff), XVII 200 (note); _cled in Stafford blew_,
beaten black and blue; cf. _clothe here well yn Stafford blewe_, Rel.
Ant., I, p. 29. [OFr. _bleu_.] _See_ Blwe.
#Blynde#, _adj. pl._ blind, deluded, XI _b_ 79; as _sb._, the blind,
VIII _a_ 115, 185. [OE. _blínd_.]
#Blyndiþ#, _3 sg. pres._ (blinds), deludes, XI _b_ 7, 107. [OE.
_bléndan_ infl. by _blínd_, adj.] _See_ Blended.
#Blyndnesse#, _n._ blindness, XI _b_ 221. [OE. _blindnes_.]
#Blyn(ne)# (_of_), _v._ to cease (from), IV _a_ 39, V 254, XVI 16, 236,
XVII 110 (_or I blyn_ = without stopping); #Blan#, _pa. t. pl._ I 73.
[OE. _blinnan_.]
#Blis(se)#, #Blys(se)#, _n._ happiness, joy, IV _a_ 11, 40, VI 12, XIV
_b_ 19, XV _b_ 3, &c.; _as haue I blys_, so may I have (eternal) joy,
XVII 402. [OE. _bliss_.]
#Bliss(e)#, #Blesse#, _v._ to bless, I _introd._, VI 76, XVI 400, 404,
XVII 174, 256, 300, 467; bless with sign of the cross, V 3, XII _b_ 86;
#Blist#, _pp._ XVII 514. [OE. _blē̆tsian_, already infl. by
_blī̆tsian_, _blissian_, to gladden.]
#Blisseful#, #Blysful#, _adj._ joyous, II 412, 438, VI 49; as _sb._,
blissful one, VI 61; #*Blissefulest# (MS. blifulest), _superl._ II 527.
[OE. _bliss_ + _ful_.]
#Blissing#, #-yng#, _n._ blessing, XVI 401, XVII 178. [OE.
_blē̆tsing_.] _See_ Blis(se).
#Bliþe#, #Blyþe#, #Blith# (XIV _b_), _adj._ happy, glad, V 253, XIV _b_
49; _bliþe of_, glad at, II 573; _þatow be bliþe of hir_, that you may
have joy of her, II 471. [OE. _blīþe_.]
#Blyþely#, happily, VI 25. [OE. _blīþelīce_.] _See_ Bleþeliche.
#Bliue#, #Blyue#. _See_ Belyue.
#Blo#, _adj._ black and blue, XVII 413. [ON. _blá-r_.]
#Blod(e)#, #Bloode#, _n._ blood, I 119, V 246, IX 141, XV _g_ 16, XVI
12, &c.; creature, XII _b_ 220; _byndes blode and bane_, keeps the body
together, IV _a_ 54. [OE. _blōd_.]
#Blodi#, #Blody#, _adj._ bloody, II 110, IV _a_ 80, 86, &c.; _blody
bretheren_, brothers in blood, fellow men, VIII _a_ 201. [OE.
_blōdig_.]
#Blom#, _n._ flower, perfection, VI 218. [ON. _blóm_, _blómi_.]
#Blosme(n)#, _n. pl._ flowers, blossoms, II 61, XV _b_ 2. [OE.
_blō̆sma_.]
#Blowe(n)#, _v._ to blow, VII 106, XIII _a_ 7, XV _h_ 6, &c.; to brag,
XIV _c_ 101; #Bleuȝ#, _pa. t. sg._ XIV _c_ 77; #Blew#, VII 130,
(sounded the trumpet) X 43; #Blawene#, _pp._ IV _b_ 13. [OE.
_blāwan_.]
#Bloweing#, _n._ blowing (of horns), II 285. [OE. _blāwung_.]
#Blubred#, _pa. t._ bubbled, V 106. [Echoic; _cf._ Blabre.]
#Blunder#, _n._ trouble, confusion, XVII 406. [Not known.]
#Blwe#, _adj._ blue, VI 63. [OFr. _bleu_.] _See_ Blew.
#Bo#, _adv._ as well, too, II 27. [OE. _bā_, adj. neut.] _See_ Boþe.
#Boc-house#, _n. dat. sg._ library, III _introd._ [OE. _bōc-hūs_.]
_See_ Bok(e).
#Bodeþ#, _3 sg. pres._ predicts, portends, XIII _a_ 62. [OE. _bodian_.]
#Bodi(e)#, #Body#, _n._ body, I 113, II 105, XVI 23, &c.; _gon on bodi
and bones_, be in the flesh, live, II 54. [OE. _bodig_.]
#Bodyly#, #Bodely#, _adj._ of (the) body, bodily (opposed to
'spiritual'), VI 118, XI _b_ 147, 158, &c.; _bodely almes_, (giving of)
charitable gifts for the needs of the body, XI _b_ 2, 270, 301, 303.
[From prec.]
#Boffet#, _n._ buffet, V 275. [OFr. _buffet_.]
#Bogh#, #Boȝeȝ# (_pl._ V), #Bouȝ# (II), _n._ bough, branch, II
61, V 9, XV _a_ 14, XVII 535. [OE. _bōg_.]
#Boght#. _See_ Bigge, _v_.
#Boȝe#, _v._ to bend, bow; turn, go, V 110; #Boȝen#, _pa. t. pl._
turned, went their way, V 9; #Bowand#, _pres. p._ (bowing), obedient,
XVII 76 (_cf._ Buxome, and Lowte). [OE. _būgan_.]
#Boyes#, _n. pl._ fellows, knaves, XVI 97, 145. [Obscure.]
#Boyled#. _See_ Byled.
#Bok(e)#, #Boc#, _n._ book, III _introd._, VII 14, 65, IX 294, XI _b_
229, &c.; Bible, VIII _a_ 248, _b_ 39; Bible, or other book (as a book
of the Gospels, a psalter, &c.) on which an oath could be taken, XII _b_
165. [OE. _bōc_.]
#Bold(e)#, #Balde#, _adj._ bold, II 139, IV _a_ 51, 83, &c.; _and that
be ye bold_, and be sure of that, XVII 524; #Boldely#, _adv._ XVI 178.
[OE. _báld_.]
#Boldyng#, _n._ encouragement, VII 14. [From prec.; cf. OE. _báldian_,
intr.]
#Bole#, _n._ bull; in _bole-hyde_, bull's hide, XV _h_ 11. [ON. _boli_.]
#Bollyng#, _n._ swelling; _for b. of her wombe_, to prevent the swelling
of their bellies, VIII _a_ 209. [ME. _bolle-n_, _bolne-n_, ON.
_bolgna_.]
#Bolted#, _pp._ bolted, shackled, VIII _a_ 130. [From OE. _bolt_, n.]
#Bon(e)#, #Bane#, _n._ bone, II 54, IV _a_ 54, VIII _a_ 85, IX 141, XVII
220, 253, &c.; _see_ Bak, Blod(e), Bodi, Flesch. [OE. _bān_.]
#Bond#. See Bynde.
#Bond(e)#, _n._ bond; _bond to sheues_, the straw binding for sheaves,
VIII _b_ 14; _her bonde_, the bondage they imposed, XIV _c_ 47;
#Bandis#, _pl._ bonds, XVI 190, 196; Our Lady's bonds, pregnancy, XVII
209 (see _N.E.D._, s.v. _Band_, _Bond_). [ON. _band_.]
#Bond(e)men#, _n. pl._ bondmen, serfs, VIII _a_ 46, _b_ 69;
#Bondemenne#, _gen. pl._ VIII _b_ 74. [OE. _bōnda_ (from ON. _bóndi_)
+ _mann_, influenced in sense by prec. (etymol. unconnected).]
#Bone#, _n._ boon, request, I 131. [ON. _bón_.]
#Bonk(e)#, #Bonkke#, #Bank(k)e#, _n._ bank, XIII _a_ 40; shore, VII 126;
hill-side, V 9, 14, 94, 97, 104, 132, 149, XIV _b_ 20. [ON. _bakki_,
older _*banke_.]
#Bood-worde#, _n._ tidings, XVI 366. [Stem of OE. _bodian_ + _wórd_; cf.
ON. _boð-orð_, command.]
#Booste#. _See_ Boste.
#Bord(e)#, _n._ board, XII _a_ 92, XVII 119, 279; table, II 578, VIII
_a_ 262. [OE. _bórd_.]
#Bore#, #Bare# (XIV), _n._ boar, VIII _a_ 31, XIV _b_ 19, 25, 49, 87.
[OE. _bār_.]
#Bore#; #Born(e)#. _See_ Bere, _v._
#Borelych#, _adj._ stout, V 80; massive, V 156. [Obscure.]
#Borgh#, #Borugh#, _n._ town, VIII _a_ 301; _in borugh_, among
townsfolk, XIV _d_ 4. [OE. _burg_, _buruh_.]
#Borne#, #Burn#, _n._ stream, V 106, XIV _a_ 2; #Buerne#, flood, sea (an
allit. use), VII 159. [OE. _búrne_.]
#Borow#, _n._ surety; _I dar be thi b._, I'll go bail (for you), XVII
204. [OE. _borg_.]
#Borwed#, _pa. t._ borrowed, II 499, VIII _a_ 93. [OE. _borgian_.]
#Boste#, #Booste# (XVI), _n._ boasting, XIV _a_ 20; pride, XIV _a_ 8;
arrogance, XIV _b_ 85, XVI 214. [Obscure.]
#Boste#, _v._ to boast, XIV _c_ 101; #Bosting#, _n._ boasting, XIV _a_
9. [Obscure.]
#Bot(e)#, #But#, _adv._ only, but, II 228, IV _a_ 32, V 97, VI 22, VIII
_a_ 276, IX 17, X 159, XIII _a_ 38, &c. [OE. _būtan_.] _See_ next,
and Boute.
#Bot(e)#, #But#, _conj._ (i) Except, but, VI 136, VIII _b_ 9, IX 198,
&c.; _ne ... bote_, only, III 6, 22, &c. (_cf._ Bote, _adv._); _noȝt
deop bote to þe kneo_, only knee deep, XIII _a_ 39; _bote ȝef_,
except that, XIII _b_ 5. (ii) Unless (with _subj._), VI 68, VIII _a_ 1,
39, 112, 143, _b_ 95, X 73, XV _c_ 17, _g_ 21, XVII 44, 386, 550;
_bot(e) if_, &c., unless, VIII _a_ 17, 53, X 78, XVII 247, &c.; _bot
þat_, unless, II 428. (iii) But, however, yet, I 21, II 74, IV _a_ 57, V
61, VI 14, &c.; (misplaced) XII _a_ 79 (note), 105; _bot yit_
(_ȝeit_), and yet, X 95, XVII 35, 64, 213. [OE. _būtan_,
_būte_.]
#Bot(e)#, _n._ cure, redress, salvation, IV _a_ 7, VIII _a_ 187, XIV _c_
84; #bote of#, cure for, II 552. [OE. _bōt_.]
#Botel#, _n._ bottle, VIII _b_ 54. [OFr. _botel_.]
#Botened#, _pp._ cured, I 241, VIII _a_ 185. [Formed on Bot(e), _n._]
#Boþ(e)#, #Both#, #Bath# (IV, X), _adj._ and _pron._ both, IV _a_ 56, V
315, VI 13; _in hem boþe_ (after negative), in either of them, XI _b_
27; _vs both_, us two, XVII 185; _on bath halfis_, on both sides, X 198;
_vpon boþe halue_, on either side, V 2, 97; as _adv._ (originally
_pron._ in apposition), as well, too, V 306, VIII _a_ 119, 162, 252,
274, _b_ 46; _boþ(e) ... and_, _bath ... and_, both ... and, I 52, II
86, IV _a_ 66, &c. [ON. _báði-r_.] _See_ Bo.
#Boþem#, _n._ bottom, V 77. [OE. _botm_, _*boþm_ (still NWM.); cf.
_bytme_, _byþme_.]
#Bouȝ#. _See_ Bogh.
#Bouȝte#, #Bouhte#, &c. _See_ Bigge, _v._
#Boun(e)#, #Bowne#, _adj._ ready, IV _a_ 81, XIV _a_ 9, XVI 201; prompt,
XVI 257; _make youe b._, prepare yourselves, arm, XVI 178; _make þe b._,
hasten, XVI 339; _watȝ nawhere b._, was not to be found anywhere, VI
174. [ON. _búin-n_, _bún-_.] _See_ Busk.
#Bounté#, excellence, XV _c_ 26. [OFr. _bonté_.]
#Bour(e)#, #Bower#, _n._ abode, XIV _b_ 26, XV _e_ 17, 18; _pl._ bowers,
chambers, XVII 348. [OE. _būr_.]
#Bourde#, _n._ entertainment, II 445; #Bourdys#, _pl._ jests, II 9.
[OFr. _bourde_.]
#Boute#, _prep._ without, V 285. [OE. _būtan_.] _See_ Bot(e).
#Bowand#. _See_ Boȝe.
#Bowe#, _n._ bow, IX 258, XII _a_ 57. [OE. _boga_.]
#Bowers#. _See_ Bour(e).
#Braggere#, _n._ braggart, VIII _a_ 148. [From ME. _braggen_, of unknown
origin.]
#Braid#. _See_ Brode.
#Braide#, #Brayd#, #Brade#, _n._ a sudden movement; _in a brade_, in a
trice, XVII 21; _bittir braide_, grievous onslaught, XIV _c_ 68, XVI
207. [OE. _brægd_.]
#Brayde#, _v._ to move quickly; draw, V 251; #Brayde#, _pa. t._ threw, V
309; #Brayde#, _pp._ in _brayde down_, lowered, V 1. [OE. _bregdan_.]
#Brayn#, _n._ brain, XV _h_ 6 (_distrib. sg._; _see_ Hert). [OE.
_brægn_.]
#Brak#. _See_ Breke(n).
#Brandis#, _n. pl._ pieces of burnt wood, X 113. [OE. _bránd_.]
#Bras#, _n._ brass, XVI 196. [OE. _bræs_.]
#Brast#. _See_ Brest(e).
#Braunche#, #Branch#, _n._ branch, I 121, V 109, XVII 511. [OFr.
_branche_.]
#Bre#, _n._ foaming sea, VII 152. [App. a curious allit. use of OE.
_brīw_, _*brēo_, broth.]
#Bred(e)#, _n._ bread, VIII _a_ 18, 129, 131, 207, 298; _as euer ete I
brede_ = so may I live, on my life, XVII 395; _hors bred_, _houndes
bred_, bread of beans, bran, &c., for the food of horses and dogs, VIII
_a_ 208. [OE. _brēad_.]
#Bred-corne#, _n._ grain for bread, VIII _a_ 64. [Prec. + OE. _corn_.]
#Brede#, #Breed#, _n._ breadth, XVII 126; of breed, in breadth, XVII
259. [OE. _brǣdu_.]
#Brede#, _v. intr._ (to expand), grow, VI 55. [OE. _brǣdan_.]
#Bredeȝ#, _n. pl._ planks, V 3. [OE. _bred_.]
#Breff#, _adj._ brief, meagre, VII 74. [OFr. _bref_.]
#Breke(n)#, _v._ to break, violate, VIII _a_ 31, IX 46, XI _b_ 187, XVI
257, XVII 387, &c.; _intr._ II 338, IX 118; #Brak#, _pa. t. sg._ X 106;
#Breke#, _pa. t. pl._ V 14; #Broke#, _pp._ injured, VIII _b_ 34 (_see_
Broke-legged, VIII _a_ 130); #Brokynne#, broken, XVI 195. [OE.
_brecan_.]
#Brekynge#, _n._ breaking; _smale b._, breaking a long note into a
number of short ones, fine trilling, XI _b_ 138. [OE. _brecung_.]
#Brem(e)#, _adj._ fierce, violent, V 132, VII 139, 152, &c.;
threatening, wild, V 77; passionate, VII 104; glorious, II 61; _adv._
gloriously, XV _b_ 27. [OE. _brēme_, adj. and adv.]
#Brem(e)ly#, _adv._ fiercely, violently, V 251, VII 106; exceedingly, V
165. [From prec.]
#Bren#, #Bran#, _n._ bran, VIII _a_ 175, 278. [OFr. _bren_.]
#Bren#, _v._ to burn; #Brent#, _pp._ VII 152, 159; #Brennynge#, _pres.
p._ fervent, XI _b_ 67; #Brennynge#, _n._ burning, IX 10. [ON.
_brenna_.] _See_ Byrne, Brin.
#Brent#, _adj._ steep, V 97. [Cf. OE. _brant_.]
#Bren-waterys#, _n. pl._ XV _h_ 22, 'water-burners', _i.e._ blacksmiths
(from the hiss of the hot iron when plunged in water). Compare
_burn-the-wind_, a nickname for blacksmiths. [Bren, _v._ + Watter.]
#Brere#, _n._ briar, II 276. [OE. _brǣr_, _brēr_.]
#Brest#, _n._ breast, V 303. [OE. _brēost_.]
#Brest(e)#, #Brast# (XVII), _v. trans._ and _intr._ to burst, IV _a_ 81,
XV _h_ 6, XVII 264; #Barste#, _pa. t. sg._ VIII _a_ 171; #Brosten#,
_pp._ XVI 196. [OE. _berstan_; ON. _bresta_.]
#Bretfull#, _adj._ full to the brim, VII 164. [OE., ME. _brerdfull_,
prob. with substitution of ON. cognate form _*bredd-_; cf. Swed.
_bräddfull_.]
#Brether(en)#. _See_ Broþer.
#Breue#, _v._ to set down in writing; #Breuyt#, _pa. t. sg._ VII 65;
_pp._ VII 14. [Med. L. _breviāre_, OE. _brēfan_.]
#Brid(d)#, #Byrd# (XVII), _n._ young bird, XII _a_ 196; (small) bird, II
305, VII 104, XII _a_ 169, 172, XVII 514, &c. [OE. _bridd_, young bird
(late Nth. pl. _birdas_).]
#Brydel#, _n._ bridle, V 84. [OE. _brīdel_.]
#Brygge#, _n._ (draw)bridge, V 1. [OE. _brycg_.] _See_ Draw-brig.
#Bryght(e)#, #Briȝt#, #Bryȝt#, #Briht# (XII), #Bryht# (XV), &c.,
_adj._ and _adv._ bright, II 152, 269, 455, IV _a_ 72, _b_ 6, V 158, XII
_b_ 130, XV _b_ 26, XVII 9, &c. [OE. _berht_, _byrht_.]
#Brightnes#, _n._ splendour, XVII 15, 20. [OE. _berht-nes_.]
#Brimme#, #Brymme#, _n._ water's edge, V 104; brink, XII _b_ 32. [OE.
_brymme_.]
#Brin#, #Bryn#, _v. trans._ to burn, X 21 (implied by rime); #Brynt#,
#Brint#, _pa. t._ X 113; _pp._ X 32, 165. [ON. _brinna_.] _See_ Bren,
Byrne.
#Bring(e)#, #Bryng(e)#, _v._ to bring, take, escort; cause to be; IV _a_
7, _b_ 46, VIII _a_ 64, IX 60, X 17, XI _a_ 3 (adduce), XII _a_ 193, XIV
_b_ 68, &c.; #Broght(e)#, #Broȝt(e)#, #Brought#, #Brouȝt(e)#, _pa.
t._ I 123, II 93, III 11, VIII _a_ 288, XII _a_ 25, _b_ 47 (_subj._),
XVI 161, &c.; _pp._ V 77, VII 90, XIV _b_ 72, &c.; #Ybrouȝt#, II 389,
563; _bryng it to an ende_, accomplish it, IX 169; _bringen forth_,
bring forth, produce, IX 60, XII _a_ 193; _to thay bryng_, until they
bring (something), XVII 499; _broughte oute of_, rescued from, XVI 161;
_brought it so breff_, made it so meagre, VII 74; _broght dede_, brought
to death, I 213. [OE. _bringan_.]
#Brynstane#, _n._ sulphur, X 20. [OE. _bryn-stān_.]
#Brytouns#, _n. pl._ men of Brittany, II 16. [OFr. _Breton_; L.
_Brit(t)ōnem_, Briton.]
#Britoner#, #Brytonere#, _n._ a man of Brittany, VIII _a_ 148, 169.
[From prec.]
#Brockes#, _n. pl._ badgers, VIII _a_ 31. [OE. _brocc_.]
#Brode#, _adj._ broad, V 1, 165, VII 106, XV _g_ 5; #Brood#, XIII _a_
39; #Braid#, X 24. [OE. _brād_.]
#Broght(e)#, #Broȝt(e)#. _See_ Bring(e).
#Broke#, _n._ brook, stream, V 14, 132, VIII _a_ 129. [OE. _brōc_.]
#Broke#, #Brokynne#. _See_ Breke(n).
#Broke-legged#, _adj._ broken-legged, crippled, VIII _a_ 130. _See_
Breke(n), Legges.
#Brood#. _See_ Brode.
#Brosten#. _See_ Brest(e).
#Broþe#, _adj._ fierce, V 165. [ON. _bráð-r_.]
#Broþely#, _adv._ fiercely, V 309. [ON. _bráð-liga_.]
#Broþer#, _n._ brother, I 210, XII _a_ 6; #Brother#, _gen. sg._ XII _a_
18; #Brether#, _pl._ XVII 318, 320 (_see_ note); #Breþeren#, brethren,
VIII _a_ 201, XI _b_ 243, &c. [OE. _brōþor_; ON. _brǽðr_, pl.]
#Brouch#, _n._ trinket, XIII _b_ 23 (translates L. _crepundia_). [OFr.
_broche_.]
#Brouȝt(e)#, &c. _See_ Bring(e).
#Broun(e)#, #Browne#, _adj._ brown, VIII _a_ 301, XV _c_ 14; dull-hued,
IX 38, 98; dark, VI 177. [OE. _brūn_.]