belādung f. _apology, excuse_, WW.
belǣdan _to lead astray_, _RB_. [‘_belead_’]
belǣfan _to leave, spare_: _be left, remain, survive_, _Ps_; Æ.
[‘_beleave_’]
belændan = belandian
belǣðan _to make hateful, pervert_, W 47^7.
be-lǣwa (Æ), -lǣwend, m. _betrayer_.
belǣwan _to betray_, Æ.
belǣwung f. _betrayal, treachery_, Æ.
belāf I. pret. 3 sg. of belīfan. II. v. behlāf.
belandian _to deprive of lands_, #Chr#.
belcedswēora adj. _having an inflated neck_, #Rd# 79^1. [bælc]
belcentan, belcettan = bealcettan [[under “bealcan”]]
beld, beldo = bieldo
+beldan I. _to cover, bind (a book)_? JnL p188^3. II. = +bieldan
belēan^6 _to censure, reprove_: _charge with_: _dissuade, forbid,
prevent_, CP.
belē- (NG) = belǣ-
belecgan _to cover, invest, surround, afflict_, _An_; AO: _attribute to,
charge with, accuse_. [‘_belay_’]
belēfan = belȳfan
belendan = belandian
belene f. _henbane_.
belēogan^2 _to deceive by lying_, _GD_: (impers.) _be mistaken_.
[‘_belie_’]
beleoran (A) _to pass by, pass over_.
beleorendlic _past_, DR.
belēosan^2 † _to be deprived of, lose_.
belēweda (LL 438^5) = belǣwend [[under “belǣwa”]]
belewit = bilewit
belflȳs n. _bell-wether’s fleece_, LL 451 (14).
belg (æ, i, y) m. _bag, purse, leathern bottle, pair of bellows, pod,
husk_. [v. ‘_belly_’]
+belg m. _anger_: _arrogance_, RB 69^20.
belgan^3 (intr., refl.) _to be or become angry_, CP, Æ: (+) _offend,
provoke_.
belgnes f. _injustice_, MtL 20^13 (bælig-).
+belh = +belg
belhring m. _bell-ringing_, RB.
belhūs = bellhūs
belibban _to deprive of life_.
belicgan^5 _to lie round, surround, hedge in, encompass_, Æ, AO.
belīfan^1 _to remain over, be left_, _Æ_; AO. [‘_belive_’]
belīfend m. _survivor_, OEG.
belīfian = belibban
belig = belg
belīman _to glue together_, #Sc# 96^19.
belimp n. _event, occurrence, affair_.
belimpan^3 _to concern, regard, belong to, conduce to_, _Bo_; CP:
_happen_, _B_; Æ: _become_: (impers.) _befit_. [‘_belimp_’]
be-lisnian, -listnian _to castrate_, Æ. belisnod, -listnod pp. as sbm.
_eunuch_. wæs b. ‘_stupratur_,’ #HGl# 507.
belīðan^1 † _to deprive of_. pp. beliden _departed, dead_, #An# 1087.
bell = belle
bellan^3 _to bellow, bark, grunt, roar_, _Rd_. [‘_bell_’]
belle f. ‘_bell_,’ _KC_; Æ, CP.
bellhūs n. _‘bell-house,’ belfry_, _LL, WW_.
belltācen n. _indication (sounding of the hour) by a bell_, HL 11^65.
belltīd f. _a canonical hour marked by the ringing of a bell_.
(cp. belltācen)
belōcian ‘_intendere_,’ #RPs# 44^5.
belone = belene
belt m. _‘belt,’ girdle_, _WW_.
belūcan^2 _to lock, shut up, close, surround, enclose, embody_, _Bl, CP,
Mt, VPs_; AO: _stop, impede, block up, choke_, Æ: _preserve, protect_:
_shut out, exclude_, Æ. [‘_belouke_’]
belune = belene
belūtian _to lie hid_, GD 293^15.
belȳfan (ē) _to believe_, Æ. pp. belȳfed _having belief_.
belympan = belimpan
belyrtan (N) _to deceive, cheat_, _MtL_ 2^16. [‘_belirt_’]
belytegian _to allure, seduce_, AO 112^26. [lytig]
bemǣnan _to ‘bemoan,’ bewail, mourn over, lament_, _Æ_.
bemancian _to maim_, #Lcd# 3·214^20.
bēmare = bȳmere
bēme = bīeme
bemeldian _to disclose, reveal, denounce_.
bēmere = bȳmere
bemetan^5 _to estimate, account, consider_, _AO_. [‘_bemete_’]
bemīðan^1 _to hide, conceal_, CP: _lie hid_.
be-murcian, -murcnian, _to murmur at, grumble over_, AO 48^17.
bemurnan^3 (also wk.) _to mourn, bewail, deplore, be sorry for_: _care
for, take heed for_.
bemūtian _to change, exchange for_, #Gu# 42. [_L._ mutare]
bemyldan _to bury_, WW. [molde]
ben = benn
bēn I. f. (±) _prayer, request_, _Lk_; AO, CP: _compulsory service_, LL
447 (v. 2·418, Fron.). [‘_bene_’] II. pret. 3 sg. of bannan.
bēna m., bēne f. _suitor, petitioner_, AO.
benacian _to lay bare_. [nacod]
benǣman (ē) _to take away, deprive of, rob of_, Æ, AO. [niman]
benc f. ‘_bench_,’ _B_.
bencian _to make benches_, LL 455 (13).
bencsittend † m. _one who sits on a bench_.
bencswēg ‡ m. _bench-rejoicing, sound of revelry_, B 1161.
bencðel † n. _bench-board, wainscotted space where benches stand_, _B_.
[v. ‘_theal_’]
bend mfn. (+b. MtL) _bond, chain, fetter_, _BH, Bl, Mt, Ps_; CP: _band,
ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown_, _WW_. [‘_bend_’]
bēndagas mpl. _days of prayer_, ‘_dies rogationum_,’ A 8·329^26.
±bendan _to bend (a bow)_, _Ps_: _bind, fetter_, _Chr_. [‘_bend_’]
bendfeorm = bēnfeorm
beneah (pret. pres. vb.) pl. benugon, pret. benohte _to have at one’s
disposal, possess, enjoy_: _require_.
beneced = benacod pp. of benacian.
benēman = benǣman
benemnan _to name_: _stipulate, settle, declare, asseverate_.
benēotan^2 † _to deprive of, rob_.
beneoðan (i, y) prep. w. d. _‘beneath,’ under, below_.
bēnfeorm f. _harvest feast_? _bean-feast_? _food required from a
tenant_? (BT), LL 452´.
bengeat n. _wound-gash_, B 1121.
benīdan _to compel_? A 9·110.
beniman^4 _to take, assume, obtain_, AO: _take away from, deprive of,
bereave, rob_, _BH, Bo, Gen_; AO, CP: _contain_: _catch, apprehend_.
[‘_benim_’]
beniming f. _deprival_, WW (bi-).
beniðan = beneoðan
bēnlic (oe) _that may be entreated_, DR. adv. -līce _beseechingly_, DR.
benn † f. _wound, mortal injury_. [bana]
bēnn pret. 3 sg. of bannan.
benne f. _reed-grass_, BC (Mdf).
±bennian † _to wound_.
benohte v. beneah.
benorðan _in the north, northwards (of)_.
benoten pp. of benēotan.
benotian _to use, consume_, _ChrB_. [‘_benote_’]
bēnrīp n. _compulsory service rendered to a landowner at harvest time_,
LL 448. [cp. bedrīp]
±bēnsian _to pray, supplicate_, BH.
benst pres. 2 sg. of bannan.
bēntīd f. _prayer time, rogation days_, #Men# 75.
bēntigðe, bēntīð(ig)e _granting requests, gracious_, #LPs#: _obtaining
requests, successful_, #Chr#.
benð pres. 3 sg. of bannan.
benugon v. beneah.
bēnyrð f. _ploughing required from a tenant_, LL 448 (5,2).
benyðan = beneoðan
bēo I. f. nap. bēon; dp. bēo(u)m ‘_bee_,’ _Ps_; Æ. II. pres. 1 sg. of
bēon.
bēobrēad n. _honey with the comb_.
bēoce = bēce
bēoceorl m. _bee-master, bee-keeper_, LL 448[5].
bēocere m. _bee-keeper_, LL. [_MHG._ bīkar]
+beod = +bed
bēod m. _table_, _Mt_: _bowl, dish_. [‘_beod_’]
bēodærn n. _refectory, dining-room_, Æ (-ern). on bēoderne _at table_.
beodan = bidon pret. pl. of bīdan.
±bēodan^2 _to command, decree, summon_, Æ, AO, CP. b. ūt _call out
(an army)_, _banish_: _declare, inform, announce, proclaim_, _Gu, LL_:
_threaten_: _offer, proffer, give, grant, surrender_, _Æ, Gen_; AO:
(refl.) _show oneself, behave_: _exact, collect_. [‘_bid_,’ ‘_i-bede_’]
bēodbolle f. _table-bowl_, #Gl#.
bēodclāð m. _‘gausape,’ table-cloth, carpet_, #ÆGr# 34^8.
bēoddern = bēodærn
bēoddian _to do joiner’s work_, LL 455 (13).
bēodend m. _preceptor_, CM 967.
bēodendlic = bebēodendlic
bēodern (Æ) = bēodærn
bēodfæt n. _table-vessel, cup_, WW 204^25.
bēodfers n. _grace at meal-time_.
bēodgæst m. _table-companion_, #An# 1090.
bēodgenēat † m. _table-companion_.
bēodgereordu np. _feast_, #Gen# 1518.
bēod(h)rægl n. _table-cloth_, WW 126^33.
bēodlāfa fp. _table-leavings_, #Bl# 53^13.
bēodland n. _land from which the table of monasteries, etc., was
supplied, glebe-land_, Ct.
bēodlēs f. _table-allowance_, TC 474^6.
bēodrēaf n. _table-cloth_, TC 530^36.
bēod-scēat n., -scȳte m. _table-napkin, towel_, WW 449^22.
bēodwyst f. _a table with food on it_, #LPs# 22^5. [wist]
beofer = beofor
beofian = bifian
beofor (e, y) m. _beaver_.
beoft redupl. pret. of bēatan; beoftadon is from a later wk. *beoftian
(ES 38·28).
beofung = bifung
bēogang m. _swarm of bees_, WW.
+bēogol (ȳ) _submissive, obedient_: _forgiving_, Æ. [būgan]
bēohāta m. _chief_? _prince_? #Ex# 253?
beolone = belene
bēom I. dp. of bēo I. II. = bēam. III. = bēo pres. 1 sg. of bēon.
bēomōder f. _queen-bee_, OEG.
bēon I. anv. [conj. in full (WS and A) Wt 548] _to be, exist, become,
happen_. b. ymbe _to have to do with_. b. of _to be gone_. (v. also eom,
wesan.) II. nap. of bēo I.
bēona gp. of bēo I.
bēonbrēad = bēobrēad
bēonbroð n. _mead_? (or? bēanbroð ES 38·302).
bēonnon pret. pl. of bannan.
bēor n. _strong drink_, _‘beer,’ mead_, _Lk_ (v. A 27·495). [bēow]
+bēor m. _pot-companion, guest_, Æ.
beora = bearu
±beoran = beran
bēorbyden f. _beer-barrel_, LL 455 (17).
beorc I. (e, i, y) f. _birch_, Mdf: _name of the rune for =b=_. II. (±)
n. _barking_.
beorcan^3 (tr.) _to ‘bark,’_ _CP_: (intr.) _bark at_, _Lcd_.
beorce = beorc
beorcen (i, y) _of birch_.
beorcragu (e^1) f. _lichen from a birch-tree_, #Lcd# 99b.
beorcrind (e^1) f. _birch-bark_, #Lcd# 119b.
beord (BH 392^27) = bord
bēordræst(e) f. _dregs of beer_, #Lcd#.
beorg m. _mountain, hill_, _Lk, AO_; Mdf: _mound, tumulus_, _‘barrow,’
burial place_, _Æ, Lcd_.
+beorg n. _protection, defence, refuge_, W.
beorgælfen f. _orcad_.
±beorgan I. sv^3 (w. d.) _to save, deliver, preserve, guard, defend,
fortify, spare_, _An, Ps_; AO, CP: (w. refl. d.) _beware of, avoid,
guard against_. [‘_bergh_’] II. = byrgan II.
beorg-hlið n. nap. -hleoðu _mountain-height, mountain-slope_.
+beorglic _fitting, profitable_, LL, W: _safe, prudent_, Æ.
beorgseðel n. _mountain dwelling_. [setl]
beorgstede m. _mound_.
±beorh I. == beorg. II. imperat. of beorgan.
beorhlēode (WW 178^41) = burglēode
+beorhnes f. _refuge_, #CPs# 30^3.
+beorhstōw f. _place of refuge_, #PPs# 31^8.
beorht (e, y) I. _‘bright,’ shining, brilliant, light, clear_, _Bo, El,
Gu_: _clear-sounding, loud_, _Cra_: _excellent, distinguished,
remarkable, beautiful, magnificent, noble, glorious_, _PPs_: _pure,
sublime, holy, divine_. II. n. _brightness, gleam, light_. ēagan b.
_twinkling of an eye_: _sight_.
beorhtan = bierhtan
beorhtblōwende _bright-blooming_, #Lcd# 1·404^9.
beorhte _brightly, brilliantly, splendidly_: _clearly, lucidly,
distinctly_, CP.
beorhthwīl (OEG) = bearhtmhwīl
beorhtian _to glisten, shine_, _BH, Ps_: _to sound clearly_, _B_: _to
make bright_, _VPs_. [‘_bright_’]
+beorhtian = +beorhtnian
beorhtlic _brilliant, clear, shining, splendid_. adv. -līce, _Mk_; Æ.
[‘_brightly_’]
beorhtm = bearhtm
beorhtnes f. _‘brightness,’ clearness, splendour, beauty_, _JnL,
Lk_; CP.
±beorhtnian (e) _to grow bright_, OEG 534: _glorify_.
beorhtrodor m. _shining heavens_, #Ex# 94.
beorhtte (= *beorgihte) pl. _mountainous_, AO 10^25.
beorhtu = bierhtu
beorhtword (y^1) _clear-voiced_, #Sat# 238.
bēorhyrde m. _cellarer, butler_, #Cra# 75.
beorm- = bearm-
beorma m. _‘barm,’ yeast, leaven_, _Mt_.
+beormad _leavened_, MtR 13^33.
beorn I. † m. _man_: _noble, hero, chief, prince, warrior_, _B, Ma_:
_rich man_, #Run# 12. [‘_berne_’] II. = barn pret. 3 sg. of biernan.
III. = bearn
beornan (#VPs#) = biernan
beorncyning m. _lord of heroes_, B 2148.
beorne = byrne
Beornice mp. _Bernicians_, _inhabitants of part of Northumbria_.
beorning (= ie) f. _incense_, LkL 1^11.
beornðrēat m. _troop of men_, #Pa# 50.
beornwiga m. †_warrior, hero_.
bēorscealc _reveller, feaster_, B 1240.
±bēorscipe, m. _feast, banquet, revel_, Æ, CP.
bēorsele † m. _beer-hall, banqueting hall_.
bēorsetl n. _ale-bench_, #Jul# 687.
beorswinig (NG) = bærsynnig
bēorðegu † f. _beer-drinking_.
beorð fn? _birth_: _the thing born_. [[from first edition]]
-beorðling (ie) v. hyse-b. [[headword spelled “hyseberðling”]]
±beorðor (e, o, u, y) n. _child-bearing, child-birth_: _what is born,
foetus, offspring_.
beorðorcwelm m. _abortion_, WW 348^23.
beoruh = beorg
beosmrian = bismrian [[redirected to “bismerian”]]
bēost m. _beestings, the first milk of a cow after calving_, _WW_:
_swelling (of the ground)_? v. Mdf. [‘_beest_’]
beosu = basu
±bēot I. n. _boastful speech, boast, threat_, _Æ, Gen_. on b.
_boastfully_: _promise, vow_, AO: _command_: _peril, danger_, #Da# 265.
[= behāt; ‘_beot_,’ ‘_i-beot_’] II. pret. 3 sg. of bēatan.
beotian = botian
±bēotian _to threaten_, _Jul_: _boast, vow, promise_, AO. [‘_beoten_’]
±bēotlic _arrogant, exulting, boastful, threatening_, Æ. adv. -līce.
bēotmæcg m. _leader_, #Da# 265.
bēoton pret. pl. of bēatan.
bēotung f. _threatening_.
bēotword † n. _boast_: _threat_.
bēoðēof m. _bee-thief_, LL 54[9,2].
bēoum dp. of bēo.
bēow n. _barley_, #Gl#.
bēowan = bȳwan
bēowyrt f. _bee-wort, sweet flag_, #Lcd#.
bepǣcan _to deceive, cheat, seduce_, _Mt_; Æ. [‘_bipeche_’]
bepǣcend m. _deceiver_, Æ.
bepǣcestre f. _whore_, #ÆGr# 175^9.
bepǣcung f. _deception_, OEG.
beprīwan (ē) _to wink_, #Bo#, W.
bēr (NG) = bǣr
bera m. ‘_bear_,’ _Æ_.
beræccan = bereccan
berǣdan _to deprive, take by treachery, rob_: _betray_, Æ: _deliberate
on_: _get the better of_.
berǣsan _to rush upon or into_, Æ, CP.
±beran (eo) _to ‘bear,’ carry, bring, take away, carry out, extend_,
_B_; Æ, AO, CP: _bring forth, produce_, _Bl, Mt, Gen_ (and
v. ‘_ibere_’). berende _fruitful_. +boren _born, own (by birth)_:
(with ūp) _set forth, open (a case)_, #Chr# 1052#e#: _wear_, _AO_:
_endure, support, sustain_, _LL, Mt_; CP.
berascin n. _bear-skin_, EC 250.
+berbed _vermiculated_, DR 4^3.
ber-bēne, -bīne f. _verbena_, #Lcd#.
berc == beorc
+berd- = +byrd-
+bēre = +bǣre
bere m. _barley_, _JnLR_; Æ. [‘_bear_’]
bereærn n. ‘_barn_,’ _LkL_. [bere, ærn]
berēafere m. _despoiler_, OEG 46^36.
berēafian _to ‘bereave,’ deprive of, take away, seize, rob, despoil_,
_Bo_; Æ, AO.
berēafigend m. _despoiler, robber_.
berebrytta m. _barn-keeper_, LL 451 (17).
berēcan _to cause to smoke, smoke_ (tr.), #Lcd# 1·106^16.
bereccan _to relate_: _excuse or justify oneself_, CP.
berecorn n. _barley-corn_.
+bered _crushed_, WW: _harassed, oppressed_, NG.
berēfian (#KGl#) = berēafian
bereflōr m. _barn-floor, threshing-floor_, _LkL_. [v. ‘_bear_’]
beregafol n. _rent paid in barley_, LL 116 (59^1). [cp. gafolbære]
beregræs n. _barley-grass, fodder_, WW 148^26.
berehalm n. _barley haulm, straw_, #Lcd# 157a.
bereland (ber-) _barley land_, KC 3·367^9.
beren I. _of barley_, Æ. II. = biren. III. = bereærn
berend m. _bearer, carrier_, #Gl#.
berendan _to peel, take off husk_, #Lcd#.
berende v. beran.
berendlīce _with fecundity_, DR 32^8.
berendnes f. _fertility_, DR 108^11.
berenhulu f. _barley-husk_, #Sc# 95^19.
berēnian _to bring about_, #Ex# 147: _ornament, mount (with silver)_, KC
6·101^22.
berēocan^2 _to fumigate_, LL (164^5).
berēofan^2 † _to bereave, deprive, rob of_.
berēotan^2 _to bewail_, #Hell# 6.
berēowsian = behrēowsian
-berere v. wæter-b. [[under “wæterberend”]]
berern (NG) = bereærn
beresǣd n. _barley_, BH 366^27.
beretūn m. _barley-inclosure, threshing-floor, barn_, _MtL_; Æ.
[‘_barton_’]
berewæstm m. _barley-crop_, #Lcd# 1·402^6.
berewīc f. _barley-yard, demesne farm_, _TC_. [‘_berewick_’]
berg = (1) bearg, (2) beorg
berg- = beri-, byrg-
berh = bearh pret. 3 sg. of beorgan.
berht = beorht
berht- = beorht-, bierht-
berhtm- = breahtm-
berian I. _to make bare, clear_, B 1239. [bær] II. = byrgan II.
+berian = +byrian
bericge = bearrige
berīdan^1 _to ride round, surround, besiege_, _LL_: _overtake, seize,
capture, occupy_, #Chr#. [‘_beride_’]
berie f. ‘_berry_,’ _Lcd_: _grape_, _Æ_.
berig I. n. _berry_, #RPs# 77^47. II. = byrig, ds. of burg.
berigdrenc m. _drink made of mulberries_, WW 114^22.
berige = berie
berigea = byrga
be-rindan, -rindran _to strip off bark, peel_.
berinnan^3 _to run upon, run over, wet, bedew_, _Cr_ 1176. [‘_berun_’]
berland = bereland
bern = bereærn
bern- = bærn-, biern-
bernan (#VPs#) = bærnan
bernhus n. _barn_, GD 68^22. [= beren-]
berōfon (pret. pl. of *berafan or *berebban) _despoiled_, #Gen# 2078.
berōwan^7 _to row round_, #Chr# 897#a#.
berst = byrst
+berst n. _bursting, eruption_, W 186^7.
±berstan^3 intr. (tr. at #Rd# 2^8) _to break_, _‘burst,’ fail, fall_,
_B, Lcd, Ma_; Æ, AO: _break away from, escape_: _break to pieces, crash,
resound_.
berthwīl = beorhthwīl
bertūn = beretūn
berð- = beorð-, byrð-
+bēru = +bǣru
berūmod = behrūmod, pp. of behrūmian.
berunnen pp. of berinnan.
berwe ds. of bearu.
berwinde f. _‘bearbind,’ navel-wort_, WW 300^19.
berȳfan _to deprive_, #Mod# 63. [rēaf]
berȳpan _despoil of, strip, spoil, plunder, rob_, Æ.
besǣgan _to sink_, GPH 388^85.
besæncan = besencan
besǣtian _to lay wait for_, AO 146^11.
besārgian _to lament, bewail, be sorry for, pity_, Æ. [sārig]
besārgung f. _compassion_, Æ.
[[Entry before author’s corrections:
besārgung f. _sorrowing_, VHy: _compassion_, Æ.]]
besāwan^7 _to sow_, Æ.
bescēad (bi-) n. _distinction_.
bescēadan^7 _to separate, discriminate_: _scatter, sprinkle over_, #Lcd#
20b.
besceadian (_Sol_ 339) = besceaduwian
besceaduwian, _to overshadow_, #RPs# 139^8. [‘_beshade_’]
besceafan^6 _to scrape thoroughly_, #Lcd# 143b.
bescēan pret. 3 sg. of bescīnan.
besceatwyrpan ‘_despondi_,’ v. OEG 1^4555; 2^346; ES 42·170.
bescēawere m. _observer_, DHy 24^15
bescēawian _to look round upon, survey, contemplate, consider, watch_,
Æ, AO: _look to, care for_. bescēawod _cautious, careful_, #Lcd#
3·436^11.
besceawiendlic _contemplative_, OEG 991.
bescēawodnes f. _vision, sight_.
bescēawung f. _contemplation_.
besceddan = besceadan [[headword spelled “bescēadan”]]
bescencan _to give to drink_, #Gu# 596.
besceofan = bescūfan
besceoren (WW 217^24) = bescoren pp. of bescieran.
bescēotan^2 _to shoot into, plunge into, implant_: _happen, occur_, AO.
be-sceran, -scerwan = bescieran
bescerian = bescierian
bescieran^4 _to shear, shave, cut hair, give the tonsure_, _Æ, AO_.
[‘_beshear_’]
bescierednes (y^2) f. _deprivation_, WW 351^13.
bescierian _to separate from, deprive of_, #Chr#: _defraud_.
bescīnan^1 _to shine upon, light up, illuminate_, _Rd_; Æ. [‘_beshine_’]
besciran = bescieran
bescirian = bescierian
bescītan^1 _to befoul_, WW 507^28.
bescrēadian _to scrape off, clean off_, ES 42·171.
bescrepan^5 _to scrape_, #Lcd# 101a.
bescūfan^2 _to shove, impel, thrust down, hurl, throw_, Æ, AO:
_force_, Æ.
bescȳlan _to look askance_, #Bo# 121^30. [sceol]
bescyr- = bescier-
besēcan _to beseech, beg urgently_, MF (Vesp. D xiv).
besecgan _to announce, introduce_: _defend, excuse oneself_: (w. on)
_accuse_, Æ.
beselian = besylian
besellan _to surround, cover (over)_: _hand over_.
besema = besma
besencan _to cause to sink, submerge, immerse, drown_, _Bl, Mt_; AO, CP:
_plunge into (fire)_, GD 317. [‘_besench_’]
besendan _to send_, Æ.
besengan _to singe, burn_, AO.
besēon I. sv^5 (tr., intr. and refl.) _to see, look, look round,
behold_, _Æ, Mk, Ps_; AO: _look after, go to see, visit_: _provide for_.
b. tō _look upon, have regard to_, CP. [‘_besee_’] II. sv^1 _to
suffuse_, #Cr# 1088.
besēoðan _to boil down_, #Lcd#.
besēowian (ī, ȳ) _to sew together, sew up_, _Ep_. [‘_besew_’]
be-serian, -serwan = besierwan
besettan _to put, place, set near, appoint_, Æ: _own, keep, occupy_:
_‘beset,’ cover, surround with, adorn_, _B_; CP, Æ: _besiege, invest_,
_An_: _institute, set going_.
besīdian _to regulate the size of anything_, RB 89^18. [sīd]
besierwan _to ensnare, surprise, deceive, defraud, oppress_, AO. [searu]
besīgan (on) _to rush_, v. OEG 4126.
besilfran _to silver_, #VPs# 67^14.
besincan^3 (intr.) _to sink_, _AO_. [‘_besink_’]
besingan^3 _to sing of, bewail_: _sing charms, enchant_, Æ.
besirwan (AO, CP) = besierwan
besittan^5 _to sit round, surround, beset, besiege_, _Chr_; AO: _hold
council_: _occupy, possess_. [‘_besit_’]
besīwian = besēowian
beslǣpan^7 _to sleep_, LL (284^3).
beslēan^6 _to strike, beat, cut off, take away, deprive by violence_, Æ.
beslēpan _to slip on, cover, impose, put on, clothe_.
beslītan^1 † _to slit, tear_.
besma m. _‘besom,’ broom, rod_, _AO, Mt_.
besmēagan _to consider about, inquire into_, ÆL 23b^633.
+bēsmed _curved_, WW 515^9. [bōsm]
bēsming f. _curve, curvature_, WW. [bōsm]
besmirwan _to ‘besmear,’_ WW.
besmītan^1 _to soil, defile, pollute, dishonour_, _Bl_; Æ, CP.
[‘_besmit_’]
besmitenes f. _soil, stain, defilement, degradation, dirtiness_, Æ.
besmittian _to defile_.
besmiðian _to work (in metal)_, _forge, surround with forged work_.
besmocian _to smoke, envelop with incense_, ANS 84·3.
besmyred = besmirwed pp. of besmirwan.
besnǣdan † _to cut, mutilate_.
besnīwian _to cover with snow_, _WW_. [‘_besnow_’]
be-snyðian, -snyððan † _to rob, deprive of_.
besolcen _stupefied, dull, sluggish, inactive, slow_, CP.
besorg _dear, beloved_, Æ.
besorgian _to regret_: _be anxious about, dread, shrink from_, Æ.
besorh = besorg
bespǣtan _to spit upon_, ÆH 2·248^24.
bespanan^6 _to lead astray, entice, incite, urge, persuade_, AO.
besparrian _to bar, shut_, #Gl#.
bespirian = bespyrigan
besprecan^5 _to speak about_, _AO_: _speak against, accuse of_, _Ps_:
_claim at law_, _LL_: _complain_. [‘_bespeak_’]
besprengan _to besprinkle_, _Lcd_. [‘_bespreng_’]
bespyrigan _to track, trace_, LL.
best adv. (used as superl. of wel) _best, most_.
besta, beste wk. forms of superl. adj. betst.
bestǣlan (ē) _to lay a charge against, convict_.
bestæppan^6 _to tread upon, step, go, enter_, Æ.
bestandan^6 _to stand round or about, beset, surround_, _Æ_: _attend
to_, Æ: _beset, harass_, _Jn_. [‘_bestand_’]
bestealcian _to move stealthily, steal, ‘stalk,’_ ÆL 32^40. [stealc]
bestefnod ptc. _provided with a fringe_, WW 375^41.
bestelan^4 _to move stealthily, steal away, steal upon_, _AO, LL_; Æ,
CP: (†) _deprive_. [‘_besteal_’]
bestēlan = bestǣlan
bestēman = bestȳman
bestēpan (= i) _to deprive of (children)_, GD 76^18.
bestingan^3 _to thrust in, push_, Æ.
bestrēdan _to bestrew, cover_, BH 154^27 (#b#).
bestrēowian _to ‘bestrew,’ besprinkle_, _Æ_.
bestreððan _to bestrew, cover over_.
bestrīcan^1 _to make a stroke_, #Lcd# 186b. [strīca]
[[headword spelled “strica”]]
bestrīdan^1 _to ‘bestride,’ mount_, _Æ_.
bestrīpan _to strip, plunder, despoil_.
bestrūdan^7 _to spoil, plunder, rob_.
bestrȳpan = bestrīpan
bestryððan = bestreððan
bestuddian _to be careful for, trouble about_, #Kl# 14^6.
bestȳman (e) _to bedew, wet, flood_, B 486. [stēam]
bestyrian _to heap up_, _BH_. [‘_bestir_’]
bestyrman _to agitate_, #Bo# 9^11.
besu = basu
besūpan^2 _to sup up, swallow_, #Lcd# 113b.
besūtian _to besmirch_, GPH 403^26.
besūðan = be sūðan
beswǣlan _to burn, singe, scorch_, Æ.
beswǣpan = beswāpan
beswǣtan _to sweat, toil_, #Sc# 111^14.
beswāpan^7 _to clothe, cover over, veil, protect_, CP: _persuade_, _BH_.
[‘_beswape_’]
beswelgan _to swallow up_, #EPs# 106^27; 123^3.
beswemman _to make to bathe_, #Bo# 115^8.
beswencan _to afflict_, #CPs# 68^18.
besweðian _to swathe, wrap up, wind round_.
beswic n. _treachery, deceit_, AO (bī-), CP: _snare_.
beswica (bī-) m. _deceiver_.
beswican^1 _to deceive, seduce, betray, circumvent, frustrate_, _Bl,
Mt_; AO, CP: _to overcome, supplant_, AO. [‘_beswike_’]
beswīcend m. _deceiver, seducer_, #Gl#.
beswicenes f. _deception_: _surrender_.
beswicfalle f. _trap_, #Gl#.
beswician _to escape, be free from_, BH.
beswicol _deceitful_, CP 238^16. (bi-)
beswīcung f. _deception_, WW.
beswincan^3 _to toil, exert oneself, make with toil_, _Jn_: _till,
plough_, Æ. beswuncen _exhausted, tired out_. [‘_beswink_’]
beswingan^3 _to flog, scourge, beat, strike_, _Æ_; CP. [‘_beswinge_’]
beswylian _to drench, flood_, #Rood# 23. [swilian]
besyftan _to sprinkle_, ÆL 23^165. [siftan]
besylfran = besilfran
besylian _to sully, defile, stain_, Æ.
besyr-ewian, -i(a)n = besierwan
bet adv. _better_, #Bo#. [‘_bet_’]
-bēta v. dǣd-b.
betācnian _to ‘betoken,’ designate_.
betǣcan (w. d.) _to make over, give up to, impart, deliver, entrust,
commend to_, _Æ, Lk_; AO, CP: _appoint (for)_, _set apart as, dedicate_:
_show, point out_, _Lk_: _give orders_, RB 130^4: _pursue, hunt_, WW
92^28. [‘_beteach_’]
±bētan _to amend, repair, restore, cure_, CP: _make good, make amends,
remedy, compensate, atone, pay_ ‘bōt’ _for an offence_, _Æ, Mt, Lcd_;
AO, CP: _attend to (fire or light)_, _AO_. ðurst b. _quench thirst_.
[bōt; ‘_beet_’ vb.]
betast = betst
betboren _of higher birth_, LL.
bēte f. _‘beet,’ beetroot_, _Lcd_. [_L._ beta]
-bēte v. twi-b.
bētel = (1) bīetl; (2) bītol [[second reference ambiguous]]
beteldan^3 † _to cover, hem in, surround_: _overload, oppress_.
betellan _to speak about, answer, defend oneself (against a charge)_,
_exculpate oneself_, _Chr_; Æ.
bētend m. _restorer_, #Ruin# 28.
+bētendnes f. _amendment_, OEG 58^6.
betēon^1,2 _to cover, surround, enclose_, _AO_; Æ, CP: _dispose of,
bestow, bequeath_: _impeach, accuse_. [‘_betee_’]
betera ‘_better_,’ _AO, Mk_. followed by g. = _better in respect of...._
-bētere v. dǣd-b. [[under “dǣdbēta”]]
±beterian _to ‘better,’ improve_, _CP_: _trim (lamp)_, GD.
beterring f. _improvement_, Æ.
betest = betst
betiēnan = betȳnan
betihtlian _to accuse_, LL.
betillan = betyllan
betimbran _to construct, build_, _B_. [‘_betimber_’]
betīnan = betȳnan
bēting = bǣtung
bētl = bīetl
betlic † _grand, excellent_.
bētnes f. _reparation, atonement_, LL (264^16).
betoce = betonice
betogenes f. _accusation_, LL.
betolden pp. of beteldan.
betonice f. ‘_betony_,’ _Lcd_.
betost = betst
betr- = beter-
betræppan = betreppan
betredan^5 _to tread upon, cover_, #CPs# 138^10.
betrendan _to roll_, ES 37·180.
betreppan _to entrap, catch_, _Chr_. [‘_betrap_’]
be-trymman, -trymian _to enclose, surround, besiege_.
betst I. superl. adj. _‘best,’ first_, _AO, Chr, Cr_; CP. as sb.
_people of position_, _WW, Chr_. II. adv. _in the best manner, most_.
betstboren _best-born, eldest_.
bett == bet
be-tuh, -tuoxn (CP), -tux = betwux
betuldon pret. pl. of beteldan.
+bētung f. _repair, maintenance_, LL.
betwēnan = betwēonan
betweoh, betweohs = betwux
betwēonan, betwēonum I. prep. w. g. d. a. _between, among, amid, in the
midst_, _Ps, Bl_. II. adv. ‘_between_,’ _BH_: _in the meantime,
meanwhile_: _in turn, by turns_, CM (-twȳn-).
betweox, betweoxn, betwih(s) = betwux
betwīn- = betwēon-
betwīnforlētnes f. _intermission_, DR.
betwux (Æ, AO, CP) betwuht, betwix, betwux(t), betwisc prep. w. d. a.
_between, among, amongst, amidst, during_. b. ðisum _meanwhile_. b. ðǣm
ðe _whilst_. [‘_betwixt_’]
betwuxālegednes f. _interjection_, #ÆGr# 278^2.
betwuxāworpennes f. _interjection_, #ÆGr# 10^20.
betwuxblinnes (twih) f. _intermission_, DR 12^3.
betwuxfæc (yx) _internal_, OEG 3861.
betwuxgangan^7 (twih) _to go between_, #VPs# 28^7.
betwuxgangende (twih) _separating_.
betwuxgesett _interposed_.
betwuxlicgan^5 (twih) _to lie between_, BH 72^10.
betwuxsendan _to send between_.
betwuxt, -twyh, -twyx(t) = betwux
betȳhtlian = betīhtlian [[headword spelled “betihtlian”]]
betyllan _to allure, decoy_, BH 358^4.
betȳnan (ī, īe) _to hedge in, enclose, shut, bury_, AO, CP: _end_, BH.
[tūn]
betȳnung f. _conclusion_, OEG 3210.
betyran _to pitch, stain a dark colour_. [teoru]
betyrnan _to turn round_: _prostrate oneself_, RB.
beð I. = bið pres. 3 sg. of bēon. II. = bæð
beðæncan = beðencan
beðan = beðian
beðearfende _needy, indigent_, #KGl# 708.
beðearflic _profitable_, ÆL 23b^242.
beðearfod _needy_, ES 8·474^50.
beðeccan _to cover, protect, cover over, conceal_.
beðen = beðung
beðencan _to consider, remember, take thought for, take care of, care
for_, _Gu_: (refl.) _reflect_, _‘bethink’ oneself_, _Lk_; Æ: _trust,
confide in, entrust to_, AO.
be-ðenian, -ðennan _to cover, stretch on or upon, spread over_.
beðēodan _to be joined (to)_, _adhere (to)_, RB 134^20.
beðerscan _to winnow, thrash_, #PPs# 43^7.
beðettan _to bathe_, #Lcd# 3·90^15 (A 30·397).
±beðian _to heat, warm, foment_, _Lcd_; Æ: _cherish_. [‘_beath_’]
beðrāwan^7 _to twist_, GPH 391^16.
beðridian _to circumvent, overcome, force_, AO.
beðringan^3 † _to encircle, encompass_: _beset, oppress, burden_.
beðryccan _to press down_, #Cr# 1446.
beðrydian, beðryððan = beðridian
beðrȳn _to press_, NC 273.
beðuncan (#Rd# 49^7) = beðencan
beðung f. _bathing, bath, fomentation, cataplasm_, _Lcd_; CP, Æ.
[‘_beathing_’; bæð]
be-ðurfan swv. pres., 3 sg. -ðearf, pl. -ðurfon, pret. -ðorfte. (w. g.
or a.) _to need, have need of, want_, Æ, CP.
beððan = beðian
beðwēan^6 _to moisten, wet_, #LPs# 6^7.
beðwyrian _to deprave_, WW 386^7. [ðweorh]
beðȳn _to thrust_, AO 158^6.
beufan = bufan
beūtan = būtan
bewacian _to watch, guard_, Æ.
bewadan^6 _to emerge_, #Rd# 88^24.
bewǣfan _to enfold, wrap round, cover over, clothe_, Æ, CP.
bewǣgan _to deceive, frustrate_, #BVPs#.
bewægnan _to offer, proffer_, B 1193.
bewǣlan _to oppress, afflict_, #An# 1363.
bewǣpnian _to disarm_, Æ.
bewærlan _to pass by_: _be free from_, DR.
bewarenian _to guard against, be on one’s guard_, CP.
bewarian _to keep watch, guard, preserve, ward off_, CP.
bewarnian = bewarenian
bewāwan^7 _to blow upon_, #Wa# 76. (biwāune = biwāwene)
beweallan^7 _to boil away_, #Lcd#.
bewealwian _to wallow_, #Bo# 115^9.
beweardian _to guard, protect_: _observe closely_.
beweaxan^7 _to grow over, cover over, surround_, Æ.
beweddendlic _relating to marriage_, OEG 1122.
beweddian _to betroth, marry_, Æ: _give security_. [‘_bewed_’]
beweddung f. _betrothal_, LL 442Ha.
bewefan^5 _to cover over_, #Lcd# 3·146^4.
bewegan^5 _to cover_.
bewēled (ȳ^2) _poisoned, polluted_, ES 38^344. [wōl]
bewellan _to knead, mix together_.
bewendan _to turn, turn round_, _Æ_; (refl.) _Mt_ 9^22: _turn one’s
attention, convert_, Æ. [‘_bewend_’]
bewenian † _to entertain, take care of, attend upon_.
beweorcan = bewyrcan
beweorpan^3 _to cast, cast down, plunge, throw_, Æ, AO: _beat_, Æ:
_surround_.
beweorðian _to adorn_, DD 118.
beweotian = bewitian
bewēpan^7 _to weep over, mourn, bewail_, _Æ_; AO. [‘_beweep_’]
bewēpendlic _lamentable_.
bewēpnian = bewǣpnian
bewerenes f. _prohibition_, BH 86^13.
bewerian _to guard, protect, defend_, Æ, AO: _check, prevent,
forbid_, Æ.
bewerigend m. _protector_, Æ.
bewerung f. _defence, fortification_.
bewestan prep. w. d. or adv. _to the west of_, _Chr_. [‘_bewest_’]
bewīcian _to encamp_, #Chr# 894#w#.
bewindan^3 _to wind round, clasp, entwine, envelop, encircle, surround_,
_B, Mt_; AO, CP: _brandish (a sword)_. hēafe b. _bewail_: _turn, wind,
revolve_.
bewindla (bi-) m. _hedge, border_, BC (Mdf).
bewitan swv., pres. 3 sg. -wāt, pret. 3 sg. -wiste _to keep, care for,
watch over, superintend, administer, lead, guide_, Æ, AO.
bewitian (eo) _to observe, attend to, care for, administer_: _perform_.
bewlātian _to look at, behold_, #LPs# 32^14.
bewlītan^1 _to look round_, #Gen# 29^25.
bewōpen (pp. of bewēpan) _lamented_: _tearful, weeping_.
bewrecan^5 † _to drive_: _drive away, banish_: _drive round, beat
round_.
bewrencan _to deceive_.
bewrēon^1,2 _to cover, hide, cover over, enwrap, protect, clothe_, _Sol,
Met_; CP. [‘_bewry_’]
bewreðian _to sustain, support_, #Rd# 81^21.
bewrītan^1 _to record_? #Creat# 19: _score round_.
bewrīðan^1 † _to bind, wind about, surround, envelop_.
bewrixl-an, -ian _to change_: _exchange, sell_, #PPs#.
bewuna adj. indecl. _accustomed, wont_, AO.
bewyddian = beweddian
bewȳled = bewēled
bewyllan (= ie) _to boil away_, #Lcd#.
bewylwian _to roll down, roll together_.
bewȳpð = bewēpð pres. 3 sg. of bewēpan.
bewyrcan _to work, construct, surround with, enclose, cover_, _B_; AO,
Æ: _work in, insert, adorn_, _Lcd_. [‘_bework_’]
bewyrpan = beweorpan
beyrfeweardian _to disinherit_, A 13·321.
beyrnan = beiernan
bezera = bæzere
bi, bī (1) = be (prep.); (2) f. = bēo
bi- v. also be-
bīad = bēod
biblioðēce f. biblioðeoco (AO) bibliðeca m. _library_: _bible_, _Æ_.
[‘_bibliotheca_’ (_L._)]
bībrēad = bēobrēad
bicce, bice f. ‘_bitch_,’ _Lcd, WW_.
biccen = byccen
bicgan (Æ) = bycgan
bicge = bicce
±bīcn-an, -ian (ē, ēa, īe, ȳ) _to make a sign_, _‘beckon,’ wink, nod_,
_Lk_; CP: _signify_: _summon_. [bēacn] [[error for “bēacen”?]]
+bīcnend (ē), ±bicni(g)end m. _indicator, discloser_: _forefinger_.
bīcnendlic, +bīcni(g)endlic _allegorical_; (gram.) _indicative_, #ÆGr#
124^14.
bīcnol _indicating, indicative_, GPH 398^193.
±bīcnung (ēa, ē) f. _beckoning, nodding_: _token, symbol, figure_, Æ:
_figurative speech_.
bīcwide m. _byword, proverb, fable, tale_, _Æ_. [‘_bequeath_’]
bīd n. _lingering, hesitation, delay, halt_, _Rd_. [‘_bide_’]
±bīdan^1 (intr.) _to stay, continue, live, remain, delay_, _AO, Ps_:
(tr. usu. w. g.) _wait for, await, expect_, _Bl, Mt_; AO, CP: _endure,
experience, find_: _attain, obtain_. [‘_bide_’]
biddan^5 _to ask, entreat, pray, beseech_, _AO, Bl_. b. and bēodan,
hālsian _to beg and pray_: _order, command, require_, AO, CP. [‘_bid_’]
+biddan^5 (often refl.) _to beg, ask, pray_, _Bl, Mt_; Æ, CP: _worship_,
Æ, AO. [‘_i-bid_’]
biddere m. _petitioner_.
bidenfæt = bydenfæt
biderīp = bedrīp
bideð (CP) pres. 3 sg. of biddan.
bīdfæst † _firm, forced to stand out_.
bīding f. _abiding place, abode_, #Gu# 180.
bīdsteall † m. _halt, stand_.
bīe = bēo pres. 1 sg. of bēon.
bīecn = bēacen
bīecn- = bīcn-
bīegan (ē, ī, ȳ) _to bend, turn, turn back, incline_, _Bo, Mk_:
_depress, abase, humiliate_: _subject_: _persuade, convert_: +bȳged
_bowed down, infirm_, #Nic# 471^29. [‘_bey_,’ būgan]
bieldan (æ, e, i, y) _to encourage, excite, impel, exhort, confirm_,
_CP, Ma_; Æ, AO. [‘_bield_’; beald]
bieldo (y^2) f. _boldness, courage, arrogance, confidence_, _BH_; CP.
[‘_bield_’]
bielg = belg
bielw- = bilew-
bīeme (ē, i, ȳ) f. _trumpet_, _CP, WW_: _tablet, billet_. [‘_beme_’]
bīen = bēan
bīencoddas = bēancoddas [[under “bēanbelgas”]]
+bierde = +byrde
+bierhtan (e, y) _to brighten, be or make bright, illuminate,
enlighten_, CP: _make clear_: _celebrate_. [beorht]
bierhtu (e, eo, i, y) f. _brightness, effulgence, brilliance_, CP.
[beorht]
bierm = bearm
biernan^3 (ea, eo, i, y) _to ‘burn,’ be on fire, give light_, _Æ, Lk,
Ex, VPs_.
biersteð, bierst pres. 3 sg. of berstan.
bierð pres. 3 sg. of beran.
biesen = bisen
biesgian = bysgian [[redirected to “bisgian”]]
bieter- = biter-
bīetl (ē, ī, ȳ) m. _‘beetle,’ mallet, hammer_, _CP, Jud_ (y).
bietr- = biter-
bīeð = bēoð pres. pl. of bēon.
bīfēran _to feed_, ES 41^324.
bifian _to tremble, be moved, shake, quake_, _Bo, Ps_; Æ. [‘_bive_’]
bifigendlic (byfg-) _terrible_, NC 274.
bifung f. _trembling, shaking_, Æ.
-bifung (eo^1) v. eorð-b. [[under “eorðbeofung”]]
bīfylce n. _neighbouring people_. [folc]
big = be
big- = be-, bī-, bycg-
bīg- = bīeg-
bige = byge
+bīgednes f. _inflection, declension, case_, #ÆGr#.
bīgegnes = bīgengnes
bīgels m. _arch, vault_, Æ: _inclination_.
+bīgendlic _inflectional_, #ÆGr# 91^8.
+bīgendnes = +bīgednes
bīgeng f. _practice, exercise, observance, worship_, _Æ_: _cultivation_,
Æ. [‘_bigeng_’]
bīgenga m. _inhabitant_: _cultivator_, Æ: _worshipper_, Æ: _benefactor_.
bīgenge n. _practice, worship_.
bīgengere m. _worker_: _worshipper_.
bīgengestre f. _handmaiden, attendant, worshipper_, #Gl#.
bīgengnes, f. _application, study_.
+bigeð = +bygeð pres. 3 sg. of +bycgan.
bīging f. _bending_, WW 216^38.
bigleaf- (eo, i) = bīleof-
bīgnes f. _power of bending, bending_. [bīegan]
+bīgnes (ȳ) f. _frequented place, assembly_? #EPs# 117^27.
+bigð = +bigeð
bīgyrdel m. _girdle, belt, purse_, _Æ, Mt_: _treasury_. [‘_bygirdle_’]
bigytan = begietan
bihianda (_MtL_ 5^27) = behindan
bīhst = bȳhst pres. 2 sg. of būgan.
+bihð f. _abode_? #Gu# 346. [cp. byht]
bil = bill
bilcettan = bealcettan [[under “bealcan”]]
bildan = bieldan
+bilde _bold, brave_, Æ. [beald]
bile m. _‘bill,’ beak, trunk (of an elephant)_, _WW_: _prow_.
bīle = bȳle
bīlefa = bīleofa
bilehwīt == bilewit
bīleofa (i^2) m., bīleofen f. _support, sustenance, food, nourishment_,
_Æ, WW_: _money, pay_. [‘_bylive_’; libban]
bilēofian _to support, feed upon_, #Guth# 34^7.
bilewet == bilewit
bilewit _innocent, pure, simple, sincere, honest_, _BH, Mt_; Æ, CP:
_calm, gentle, merciful, gracious_: _plausible_. [‘_bilewhit_’], adv.
-līce.
bilewitnes f. _mildness, simplicity, innocence, purity_, Æ, CP.
bilgesleht = billgesliht
bilgst, bilhst pres. 2 sg. of belgan.
bilgð pres. 3 sg. of belgan.
bilherge = billere
bīlibb-, bīlif- = bīleof-
bilig = belg
biliw- = bilew-
bill n. _‘bill,’ chopper, battle-axe, falchion, sword_, _B, WW_.
billere m. _‘bibulta’ (plant)_, WW.
billgesliht n. _clashing of swords, battle_, †#Chr# 937.
billhete m. _murderous hate, strife_, #An# 78.
+bilod _having a bill or beak_. [bile]
bil-swæð n. (nap. -swaðu) _sword track, wound_, #Ex# 329.
bilw- = bilew-
bīlyht = bȳliht
bīma (m.?), bīme = bīeme
bin = binn
bīnama m. _pronoun_, A 8·313.
+bind n. _binding, fetter_: _costiveness_.
±bindan sv^3 _to tie_, _‘bind,’ fetter, fasten, restrain_, _Æ, Bl, Mt,
Jn_; AO, CP: _adorn_.
binde f. _head-band_? _KC_ 6·133. [‘_bind_’]
bindele, -elle f. _binding_: _bandage_.
bindere m. ‘_binder_,’ _Rd_ 28^6.
binding f. _binding_, OEG 324b.
binn, binne f. _‘bin,’ basket, crib, manger_, _Bl, LkL_.
binnan I. prep. (w. d. a.) _within, in, inside of, into_. II. adv.
_inside, within, less than, during, whilst_. [‘_bin_’]
binne = binn
bint pres. 3 sg. of bindan.
bio- = beo-, bi-
biosmrung = bismrung [[redirected to “bismerung”]]
birce = beorc, beorce
bird (_LkLR_) = bridd
+bird = +byrd
birele = byrele
biren f. _she-bear_, OET (Ct).
birg == byrg
birgð, birhð pres. 3 sg. of beorgan.
birht- = bierht-
birig = byrig
birig- = byrg-
birihte (y) prep. w. d. _near, beside_, #An# 850.
birihto = bierhtu
birle = byrele
birnan = beornan
birst, birsteð pres. 3 sg. of berstan.
birst pres. 2 sg., bir(e)ð pres. 3 sg. of beran.
biryhte = birihte
bisæc n? m? _wallet_, MtR 10^10. [_L._ bisaccium]
bīsæc _contested, disputed_, LL.
bīsǣc f. _visit_, #Gu# 188.
bisceop (o^2) m. ‘_bishop_,’ _CP_: _high-priest, chief priest (of the
Jews)_, _heathen priest_, _AO, MkL_.
bisceopcyn (o^2) n. _episcopal (high-priestly) stock_.
bisceopdōm m. _episcopate, bishopric_: _ex-communication_.
bisceopealder m. _high priest_, HL.
bisceopfolgoð m. _episcopate_, GD 65^31.
bisceopgegyrelan mpl. _episcopal robes_, BH 90^2.
bisceophād m. _‘bishophood,’ office of bishop, ordination as bishop,
episcopate, bishopric_, _CPPs_.
bisceophādung f. _episcopal ordination_, ÆL 31^286.
bisceophām m. _bishop’s estate_, EC 365.
bisceophēafodlīn (o^2) n. _head ornament worn by bishops_, WW 152^23.
bisceophīred (o) m. _clergy subject to a bishop_.
bisceopian _to confirm_, _LL_. [‘_bishop_’]
bisceopland (o) n. _episcopal or diocesan land_, LL 173^10.
bisceoplic _‘bishoply,’ episcopal_, _BH_.
bisceoprīce n. _‘bishopric,’ diocese, province of a bishop_, _BH_.
bisceoprocc m. _bishop’s rochet, dalmatic_, #Lcd# 3·202^26.
bisceoprōd f. _bishop’s cross_.
bisceopscīr, -scȳr f. _diocese_: _episcopate_.
bisceop-seld, -setl, -seðl n. _bishop’s seat or see, bishopric_.
bisceopseonoð m. _synod of bishops_, A 11·8^1.
bisceopstōl m. _episcopal see, bishopric_, KC. [‘_bishopstool_’]
bisceopsunu m. _godson at a ‘bishoping’ or confirmation_.
bisceopðēnung f. _office of a bishop_, BH.
bisceopung f. _confirmation_, Æ.
bisceopwīte n. _fine payable to a bishop_? (BT), _forced entertaining of
a bishop_? (Lieb: v. LL 2·667).
bisceopwyrt f. _bishop’s-wort, betony, vervain, marshmallow_.
bisceopwyrtil (o^2) _vervain_, WW 134^41.
biscep == bisceop
bisceran = bescieran
biscerian (i^2, y^2) = bescierian
biscop == bisceop
biscup = bisceop
bisegu = bysgu [[redirected to “bisgu”]]
bisen, bisene (y) fn. _example, pattern, model_, _JnLR_; Æ, AO, CP:
_similitude, parable, parallel_: _rule, command, precept_. [‘_bysen_’]
bīsene (y) _blind_, _MtL_; NC 274; JAW 22. [‘_bisson_’?]
±bisenian (ie, y) _to give, set an example, instruct by example_, _Bo_:
_follow an example or pattern_, CP: _express figuratively_.
[‘_byen_’ vb.]
bisenung f. _example, pattern_, Æ (y).
bises m. _the extra day intercalated in leap year_, #Men# 32. [_L._
bissextus]
±bisgian _to occupy, employ_, _Æ, Bo_; CP: _trouble, afflict_, _Lcd,
Met_. [‘_busy_’]
bisgu, bisigu f. _occupation, labour_, CP, Æ (yse): _affliction,
trouble_.
bisgung f. _business, occupation, care_, CP.
bisig (y) _‘busy,’ occupied, diligent_, _Ma, Sol_.
bisignes f. ‘_business_,’ _MtL_ (Cont. p. xx).
bismær- = bismer-
bisme = besma
bismer (y) nmf. _disgrace, scandal, shame, mockery, insult, reproach,
scorn_, _AO, Bl_; CP: _filthiness, defilement_, Æ (y). tō bismere
_ignominiously, shamefully_: _blasphemy_: _infamous deed_, AO.
[‘_bismer_’]
bismerful _infamous, disgraceful, ignominious, shameful_, Æ (y).
bismerglēow (y) n. _shameful lust_, Æ.
±bismerian (y) _to mock, revile, illtreat, blaspheme_, _Mk_; AO.
[‘_bismer_’ vb.]
bismeriend m. _mocker_, #KGl# 298.
bismerlēas _blameless_, #Cr# 1326 (y).
bismerlēoð n. _scurrilous song_, #Gl#.
bismerlic _shameful, ignominious, contemptuous_, AO: _ridiculous,
frivolous_. adv. -līce.
bismernes f. _pollution_; _insult_; _contemptibleness_.
bismer-sprǣc, -spǣc f. _blasphemy_, G.
±bismerung (y) _mockery, scorn_: _blasphemy_: _infamy, disrepute_, AO.
bismerword (æ^2) n. _reproach, insult_, LL 10^11.
bismor = bismer
bism(o)r- = bismer-
bisn- = bisen-
+bisnere f. _imitator_, DR 45^7.
bīspell (big-) n. _example, proverb_, Æ: _parable, fable, allegory,
story_, _MtL_; CP. [‘_byspel_’]
bīspellbōc (big-) f. _book of Proverbs_, Æ.
bissextus, gen. -te _the intercalary day of leap year_: _leap year_.
[_L._]
bist pres. 2 sg. of bēon.
bīst = bīdst, pres. 2 sg. of bīdan.
biswic = beswic
bit pres. 3 sg. of biddan.
bīt pres. 3 sg. of (1) bīdan; (2) bītan.
bita m. I. _‘bit,’ morsel, piece_, _Jn_; Æ. II. _biter, wild beast_.
±bītan^1 _to ‘bite,’ tear_, _B, Rd_; Æ: _cut, wound_: (+) _dash down_,
MkL 9^18.
bite m. _‘bite,’ sting_, _AO, Lcd_: _sword-cut_, _Ap, B_: _cancer_.
bitela m. ‘_beetle_,’ _Gl_.
biter _‘bitter,’ sharp, cutting_, _Gu_; Æ: _stinging_, #PPs# 117^12:
_exasperated, angry, embittered_: _painful, disastrous, virulent,
cruel_, _B, Bl_. adv. -līce, _Mt_.
bitere = bitre
±biterian _to be or become bitter_, CP: _make bitter_. [‘_bitter_’ vb.]
biternes f. _‘bitterness,’ grief_, _El_; Æ, CP.
biterwyrde _bitter in speech_, Æ.
biterwyrtdrenc m. _drink of bitter herbs_, WW 114^18.
bītl = bīetl
bitmǣlum _piecemeal, bit by bit_, #ÆGr# 239^10.
bitol n. _bridle_.
bītol m. _beetle_ (insect). [bītan] [[from first edition]]
bitor = biter
bitre _bitterly, sharply, painfully, severely_: _very_.
bitres, bittres gsmn. of biter.
bitst pres. 2 sg. of biddan.
bītst pres. 2 sg. of bīdan and bītan.
bitt I. pres. 3 sg. of (1) biddan; (2) beodan. II. = bytt
bītt pres. 3 sg. of bītan.
+bitt n. _biting, gnashing_, Æ.
bitter == biter
bittor = biter
bittre = bitre
bitula = bitela
bið pres. 3 sg. of bēon.
biwāune v. bewāwan.
bīwist fm. _sustenance, food, provision, necessaries_, _Bo_, Æ.
[‘_bewiste_’]
bīword (u) n. _proverb, household word_: _adverb_, A 8·313^7.
bīwyrde n. _‘byword,’ proverb_, _WW_.
bixen = byxen
bizant m. _bezant (a gold coin)_. [_L._ byzanteum]
blāc I. (ǣ) _bright, shining, glittering, flashing_, _Rd_: _pale,
pallid, wan_, AO, CP. [blīcan; _‘bleak,’ to ‘bleach’_] II. pret. 3 sg.
of blīcan.
blac = blæc
blācern n. _lamp, candle, light_, CP (ǣ).
blāchlēor † _with pale cheeks_.
blācian _to turn pale_, Æ.
blācung f. _a turning pale, pallor_, Æ.
bladesian _to flame, blaze, be hot_: _emit an odour_, OEG 554.
bladesnung (at-) f. _odour_, WW 405^1.
bladesung (at-, æt-) f. _shining, lightning_, #EPs# 76^19.
blæc (a) I. _‘black’ dark_, _B, BH, Æ_. II. n. _ink_, _LL, WW_.
[‘_bleck_’]
blǣc == blāc
blǣcan _to bleach, whiten_. [blāc]
blæcce f. _black matter_, OEG 652.
blǣce n.? _irritation of the skin, leprosy_, #Lcd#.
blǣcernleoht (ā) n. _lantern-light_.
blæcfexede _black-haired_, ÆH 1·456^16. [feax]
blæcgymm m. _jet_, BH 26^16.
blæchorn (e) n. _ink-horn_, IM 128^18.
blǣco f. _pallor_, #Lcd#.
blæcpytt m. _bleaching-pit_? EC 383´.
blǣcðrustfel n. _leprosy_, Cp 103#b#.
blæd n. (nap. bladu) ‘_blade_,’ WW: _leaf_, _Gen_.
blǣd (ē) I. m. _blowing, blast_: _inspiration_, Æ: _breath, spirit_, Æ:
_life, mind_: _glory, dignity, splendour_: _prosperity, riches,
success_. II. = blēd I.
blǣdāgende _renowned_, B 1013.
blǣdbylig m. _bellows_, WW 241^33.
blǣddæg † m. _day of prosperity_.
blædderwærc m. _pain in the bladder_, #Lcd#.
blæddre = blǣdre
±blǣdfæst † _glorious, prosperous_.
+blǣdfæstnes f. _provision, sustenance_, ÆL 23b^492.
blǣdgifa † m. _giver of prosperity_.
blǣdhorn m. _trumpet_, Æ.
blǣdnes f. _blossom, fruit_, A 8·311. [blēd]
blǣdre (ē) f. _blister, pimple_, AO: ‘_bladder_,’ _Lcd_. [blāwan]
blǣdwela m. _abundant riches_, #Cr# 1392.
blǣge f. _gudgeon, bleak_, WW. [‘_blay_’]
blægettan (a) _to cry_, GD 278^12.
blǣhǣwen _light blue_.
blǣs = blǣst
blǣsbelg (OET 28) = blǣstbelg
blæse (a) f. _firebrand, torch, lamp_, _Æ, Jn_. [‘_blaze_’]
blæsere m. _incendiary_, LL.
blǣshorn m. _blowing-horn, trumpet_, LL 194 (8).
blǣst m. _blowing, ‘blast’ (of wind), breeze_, _Ex_: _flame_.
blǣstan _to blow_, #Andr# 123^30: _rush_? (v. BT).
blǣstbelg m. _bellows_, #Gl#.
blǣstm m? _flame, blaze_, MFH 90^7.
blǣtan _to ‘bleat,’_ _ÆGr, Rd_.
blætesung = bladesung
blǣts- = blēts-
blǣwen = blǣhǣwen
blǣwest, blǣwst pres. 2 sg., blǣw(e)ð pres. 3 sg. of blāwan.
blagettan = blægettan
blan pret. 3 sg. of blinnan.
blanca † m. _(white?) horse_, _B_. [‘_blonk_’]
±bland n. _blending, mixture, confusion, turmoil_.
±blandan^7 † _to blend, mix, mingle_, _Rd_. [‘_bland_’]
blandenfeax † _grizzly-haired, grey-haired, old_. [blandan]
blann pret. 3 sg. of blinnan.
blase = blæse
blasere = blæsere
blāstbelg = blǣstbelg
blaster = plaster
blāt † _livid, pale, wan, ghastly_: _low, hoarse (sound)_? #An# 1279.
[cp. blēat]
blātan _to be livid, pale_. [[from first edition]]
blāte † _lividly, pallidly_, #Met#.
blatesnung = bladesnung
blātian _to be livid, pale_, #Gen# 981 (GK).
±blāwan^7 (ō) (tr. or intr.) _to ‘blow,’ breathe_, _Mt, Lk, Jn_: _be
blown, sound_: _inflate_: (+) _kindle, inflame_, WW 208^14: (+) _spit_,
MkLR 7^33.
blāwend m. _inspirer_, ÆH 2·478^8.
blāwere m. ‘_blower_,’ CP.
blāwung f. _‘blowing,’ blast_, _Æ_: _inflation_.
bleac = blæc
blēat _miserable_? _Gu_ 963. [‘_blete_’]. adv. blēate, B 2824.
blēað _gentle, shy, cowardly, timid_, _Rd_: _slothful, inactive,
effeminate_, AO. [‘_blethe_’; _Ger._ blöde]
blec == blæc
blēce = blǣce
blēcða ‘_vitiligo_,’ WW 53^28.
bled = blæd
blēd- = blēt-
blēd I. (ǣ) f. _shoot, branch, flower, blossom, leaf, foliage, fruit_,
_Mt, Lcd_; CP: _harvest, crops_. [‘_blede_’; blōwan] II. = blǣd I.
blēdan _to ‘bleed,’ let blood_, _Sol_.
blēdhwæt _growing quickly or profusely_? #Rd# 2^9.
blēdre = blǣdre
bledu f. _dish, bowl, goblet_, Æ.
blegen, blegne f. _‘blain,’ boil, blister, ulcer_, _Lcd_.
blencan _to deceive, cheat_, _Mod_. [‘_blench_’]
blēnd (e) pret. 3 sg. of blandan.
blend-an, -ian _to blind, deprive of sight_, _Bo_: _deceive_.
[‘_blend_’]
blendnes f. _blindness_, DR 38^5.
blent pres. 3 sg. of (1) blendan, (2) blandan.
±blēo n. gs. blēos, ds. blēo, gp. blēo(na), dip. blēom, blēo(w)um
_colour_, _Bo_; CP: _appearance, form_, _Sol_. [‘_blee_’]
blēobord † n. _coloured board, chess-board_.
blēobrygd n? _combination of colours, scintillation_, #Ph# 292.
[bregdan]
blēocræft m. _art of embroidery_, WW 354^9.
+blēod _beautiful_, #Cr# 909.
bleodu = bledu
blēofæstnes f. ‘_deliciæ_,’ #RPs# 138^11.
blēofāg _variegated_, #Gl#.
blēoh = blēo
blēomete m. _dainty food_, GD 99^18.
blēona gp. of blēo.
blēorēad _purple_, WW.
blēostǣning f. _tesselated pavement_, WW 444^10.
blēot pret. 3 sg. of (1) blātan, (2) blōtan.
bleoum dip. of blēo.
blēow pret. 3 sg. of (1) blāwan, (2) blōwan.
blēowum dp. of blēo.
blere, blerig _bald_, WW.
blese = blæse
blēt pret. 3 sg. of (1) blātan, (2) blōtan.
blētan = blǣtan
±blētsian _to consecrate, ordain_, _Mt, JnL_ (oe): _‘bless,’ give
thanks, adore, extol_, _Da, Ps, Lk_: _sign with the cross_, Æ:
_pronounce or make happy_, Æ. [blōd]
blētsingbōc f. _blessing-book, benedictional_, EC 250.
blētsingsealm m. _the Benedicite_, RB 36^18.
blētst pres. 2 sg. of blōtan.
blētsung f. _consecration_, _Chr_: _‘blessing,’ benediction_, _Chr_; Æ:
_favour (of God)_, #Bl, VPs#.
blēw = blēow pret. 3 sg. of blāwan.
blēwð pres. 3 sg. of blōwan.
blīcan^1 _to glitter, shine, gleam, sparkle, dazzle_, _Sol_: _appear_,
#Sol# 144. [‘_blik_’]
bliccettan _to glitter, quiver_, #Gl#.
bliccettung f. _glittering, shining_, #VPs#.
blice m. _exposure_, LL 5[34].
blicgan = blycgan
blīcian _to shine_, OEG 1499.
blīcð pres. 3 sg. of blīcan.
blīds = bliss
blin imperat. of blinnan.
blind ‘_blind_,’ _Mk_; CP, Æ: _dark, obscure, opaque_, _DD_; Æ:
_internal, not showing outwardly_: _unintelligent_: _not stinging_, WW
322^29. adv. -līce _blindly, rashly_, AO.
blindboren _born blind_, JnL 9^32.
+blinfellian _to blind, blindfold_, HL ^276.
-blindian v. of-b.
blindnes f. _blindness_, Æ.
blinn † n? _cessation_.
±blinnan^3 _to cease, leave off, rest from_, _Mt_; CP: _lose, forfeit_:
_be vacant (bishopric)_. [‘_blin_’; be, linnan]
blinnes f. _cessation, intermission_, LL.
blis (CP) = bliss
blisa = blysa
bliscan = blyscan
blisgere m. _incendiary_. [blysige]
bliss m. _‘bliss,’ merriment, happiness_, _Bl_; CP: _kindness,
friendship, grace, favour_, _Met_: _cause of happiness_, _Ps_. [blīðe]
±blissian (intr.) _to be glad, rejoice, exult_, _CP, Lk_; Æ: (tr.) _make
happy, gladden, endow_, †_Hy_: _applaud_, ANS 109·306. [‘_bliss_’]
blissig _joyful_, #RPs# 112^9.
blissigendlic _exulting_, ÆH 1·354^11.
blissung f. _exultation_, #EPs# 64^13.
blīð == blīðe
blīðe I. _‘blithe,’ joyous, cheerful, pleasant_, Æ, AO, CP: _gracious,
well-disposed, friendly, kind_, _El_: _agreeable, willing_: _quiet,
peaceful, gentle_, _Ps_: (+b. occurs at #Guth# 161^9). II. adv. _Ps_.
blīðelic _gentle, pleasant, glad_. adv. -līce (_Lk_). [‘_blithely_’]
blīðemōd _glad, cheerful_: _well-wishing, friendly_.
blīðheort † _happy, joyful_: _gracious_.
+blīðian _to make glad_, #RPs# 91^4.
blīðnes f. _joy, gladness, pleasure_, _Lcd_; AO. [‘_blitheness_’]
blīðs == bliss
blīwum = blēo(w)um, dp. of blēo.
blod = bold
blōd n. ‘_blood_,’ _Æ, G, Lcd_; AO, CP: _vein_.
blōd-dolg, -dolh n. _bleeding wound_, #Lcd#.
blōddryne m. _bloodshed_, AO 162^3.
blōdegesa m. _bloody horror_, #Ex# 477.
+blōdegian = blōdgian
blōden _bloody_, WW 217^35?
blōdfāg † _blood-stained, bloody_.
blōdgemang n. _a blood-mixture_, WW 220^7.
blōdgemenged _blood-stained_, W 182^11.
blōdgēot = blōdgȳte [[headword spelled “blōdgyte”]]
blōdgēotend m. _shedder of blood_, #LPs# 50^16.
blōdgēotende _bloody_, #LPs# 5^8.
±blōdgian _to be bloodthirsty_, WW 215^43: _make bloody_.
blōdgyte m. _bloodshed_, AO.
blōdhrǣcung f. _spitting of blood_, WW 113^6.
blōdhrēow _sanguinary, cruel_, #Ps#.
blōdig ‘_bloody_,’ _WW_; AO.
blōdigtōð _bloody-toothed_, B 2083.
blōd-lǣs, -læswu f. _blood-letting, bleeding_.
blōdlǣstīd f. _time for blood-letting_, #Lcd# 55a.
blōdlǣtere m. _blood-letter_, WW.
blōdlēas _bloodless_, #ÆGr# 56^14.
blōd-orc, -mōnað = blōtorc, etc.
blōdrēad _blood-red_.
blōdrēow = blōdhrēow
blōdryne m. _issue of blood, bloody flux_: _bursting of a blood-vessel_,
AO 288^27.
blōdsæx (e) n. _lancet_, #Gl#.
blodscēawung f. _supply of blood_? (BT) #Lcd# 83a.
blōdseten _something to stop bleeding_, #Lcd#.
blōdsihte f. _flowing of blood_, #Lcd# 64a.
blōdðigen f. _tasting of blood_, LL.
blōdwīte n. _blood-offering_, #LPs# 15^4.
blōdyrnende _having an issue of blood_, BH 78^16#b#.
blōma m. _lump of metal, mass_, #Gl#.
blon pret. 3 sg. of blinnan.
blonca = blanca
blond- = bland-
blonn pret. 3 sg. of blinnan.
blōsa, blōsma = blōstma [[under “blōstm”]]
blōstbǣre = blōstmbǣre
blōstm (Æ), blōstma mf. _‘blossom,’ flower, fruit_, _Bl, Lcd_.
blōstmbǣre (Æ), -bǣrende _flower-bearing_.
blōstmfrēols m. _floral festival_, OEG 4720.
blōstmian _to ‘blossom,’ bloom_, BH.
±blōt n. _sacrifice_, AO. [blōd]
blōt- = blōd-
blōtan^7 (and ? wv) _to sacrifice, kill for sacrifice_, AO, CP.
blōtere m. _sacrificer_, GPH 398^99.
blōtmōnað m. _month of sacrifice_ (8 Oct.-8 Nov.), _November_.
blōtorc m. _sacrificial vessel_, GPH 397.
blōtspīung f. _spitting of blood_, WW 113^7.
blōtung f. _sacrifice_, AO 102^16.
±blōwan I. sv^7 _to ‘blow,’ flower, flourish, blossom_, _Lcd_. II. =
blāwan
blōwendlic _blooming_, WW 240^28.
blunnen pp., blunnon pret. pl. of blinnan.
-blycgan v. ā-b.
blys, blyss = bliss
blysa m. _firebrand, torch_, Æ.
blyscan ‘_rutilare_,’ #HGl# 434^75 (v. OEG 1196 and ‘_blush_’).
blyse f. = blysa
blysere = blæsere
blysian _to burn, blaze_, #PPs# 17^8.
blysige = blyse
blyssian (Æ) = blissian
blȳðe = blīðe
blȳðelīce = blīðelīce
bō = bā, nafn. of bēgen.
bōc I. fn. ds. and nap. bēc _‘beech_’-_tree_, _WW_; Mdf: _beech-nut_, NC
274: ‘_book,’ writing, Bible_, _Bl, Jn, CP_; AO, Æ. Crīstes b. _gospel_:
_deed, charter, conveyance_, _LL_. II. pret. 3 sg. of bacan.
bōcæceras mpl. _freehold lands_.
bōcblæc (e) n. _ink_, W 225^1.
bōcce = bēce
bōc-cest, -cist(e) f. _book-chest_.
bōccræft m. _learning_, _Bo_. [‘_bookcraft_’]
bōccræftig _book-learned_.
bōcere m. _scholar, scribe, writer_, Æ.
bōcfell n. _parchment, vellum_, _LL_. [‘_bookfell_’]
bōcfōdder n. _bookcase_, WW 194^13.
bōcgesamnung f. _library_, WW 203^16.
bōcgestrēon n. _library_, BH.
bōchord n. _library_, _WW_. [‘_bookhoard_’]
bōchūs n. _library_, WW 185^35.
±bōcian _to grant by charter_: _supply with books_.
bōclæden n. _literary Latin, learned language_.
bōcland n. _land held by written title_, _LL_; Æ, AO. v. LL 2·323.
[‘_bookland_’]
bōclār f. _book-lore, learning_.
bōcleden = bōclæden
bōclic _of or belonging to a book_, Æ: _biblical, scriptural_. b. stæf
‘_ars liberalis_,’ #HGl# 503.
bōcon pret. pl. of bacan.
bōcrǣdere m. _reader of books_, WW 439^25.
bōcrǣding f. _reading of books_, WW.
bōcrēad _red colour used in illuminating manuscripts, vermilion_, WW.
bōcrēde f. _reading of books_, A 10·143^101.
bōcriht n. _right given by will or charter_, LL 444 (1).
bōcscyld m. _beech-wood shield_, TC 561^5.
bōcstæf m. nap. -stafas _letter, character_, _El_. [‘_bocstaff_’; _Ger._
buchstabe]
bōcstigel f. _beech-wood stile_, KC 5·70^25.
bōc-tǣcung, -talu f. _teaching or narrative, written in books_, LL.
bōctrēow n. _beech-tree_, Æ.
bōcweorc n. _study of books_, LL (314^18).
bōcwudu m. _beech-wood_, #Rd# 41^106.
±bod (+ exc. N) n. _command, message, precept_, _Bo, Hy_; Æ:
_preaching_. [‘_bode_,’ ‘_i-bod_’; _Ger._ gebot]
boda m. _messenger, herald, apostle, angel_, Æ, CP: _prophet_.
[‘_bode_’; _Ger._ bote]
bodan = botm
bode pret. of bōgan.
bodeg = bodig
boden pp. of bēodan.
bodere m. _teacher_, NG.
±bodian _to tell, proclaim, announce_, †_Hy_; AO, CP: _preach_, _Mt_; Æ,
CP: _foretell_, _El_: _boast_. [‘_bode_’]
bodiend m. _proclaimer, teacher, preacher_.
bodig n. _‘body,’ trunk, frame, bodily presence_, _Æ, BH_, _etc._, CP:
_main part_, #Lcd#.
bodigendlic _to be celebrated_, ÆL 7·232.
bodlāc n. _decree, ordinance_, #Chr# 1129.
±bodscipe † m. _command_: _message_.
bodung f. _message, recital, preaching_, Æ: _interpretation_:
_assertiveness_, RB 136^22.
bodungdæg m. _Annunciation Day_, ÆH 1·200^26.
bōg m. _arm, shoulder_, _Æ_; CP: _‘bough,’ twig, branch_, _Mt_; CP:
_offspring_. [būgan]
boga m. _‘bow,’ (weapon)_, _Gn_; Æ: _arch, arched place, vault_, _B_:
_rainbow_, _Æ_: _folded parchment_. [cp. _Ger._ bogen]
bōga = bōg
bōgan _to boast_, RB.
boganet = bogenett
bogefōdder m. _quiver_, WW 143^19.
bogen I. _name of a plant_, #Lcd#. II. pp. of būgan.
bogenett n. _wicker basket with a narrow neck for catching fish_, WW.
bogetung f. _curve_, WW 355^15.
bōgh = bōg
bōgian I. ±(intr.) _to dwell_, _Æ_: (tr.) _to inhabit_. II. = bōgan
bogiht _full of bends_, MtL 7^14.
bōgincel n. _small bough_, OEG.
bōgung (bōung) f. _boastfulness, arrogance, display_, Æ.
bōh = bōg
bōhscyld m. _shoulder shield_, EC 226´.
bohte pret. 3 sg. of bycgan.
bōhtimber n. _building timber_, AS 1^3. [bōgian, ES 42·172]
bōlan = bōgan
bol? m. _bole, trunk_, #Lcd# 143a.
bolca m. _gangway of a ship_.
bold (= botl) n. _house, dwelling-place, mansion, hall, castle_, _B_:
_temple_. [‘_bold_’]
boldāgend † m. _homestead-owner_.
boldgestrēon (botl) † _household goods_.
boldgetæl _collection of houses_: _(political) district, county,
province_, GD.
boldgetimbru † npl. _houses_.
boldweard (botl-) m. _housekeeper, steward_, Æ.
boldwela † m. _wealth_: _splendid dwelling, paradise, heaven_:
_village_, #Gen# 1799. (botl-)
bolgen pp. of belgan.
bolgenmōd † _enraged_.
bolla m., bolle f. _‘bowl,’ cup, pot, beaker, measure_, _ÆL, Jn, Lcd_.
bolster mn. _‘bolster,’ head-pillow, cushion_, _B_; CP.
+bolstrian _to support with pillows, prop up_, A 8·308.
bolt m. ‘_bolt_’: _cross-bow for throwing bolts or arrows_, _WW_.
bolttimber n. _building timber_, AS 1^3. [botl; v. ES 42^172]
bōn I. f. _ornament_, #Chr# 1063#d#. II. = bōgan
bon- = ban-
bond- = band-
bōnda m. _householder_, _LL_: _freeman, plebeian_; _husband_. [‘_bond_’]
bōndeland n. _land held by a_ bōnda, #Chr# 777#e#. [_ON._ bōndi]
bōne = bēn
+bōnian _to polish, burnish_, TC. [_Ger._ bohnen]
bonn == bann
bor _borer, gimlet_, #Gl#: _lancet, scalpel, graving tool_, #Gl#.
[borian]
bora m. _ruler_, #Sat# 500. [? rǣdbora]
borcen pret. 3 sg. of beorcan.
borcian _to bark_.
bord n. _‘board,’ plank_, _Æ, Gen_: _table_, _Ps_: _side of a ship_,
_Gen_: _ship_, _El, Gn_: _shield_, #El#.
borda m. _embroidery, ornament_, #Gl#.
bordclāð m. _table-cloth_, OEG 56^22.
bordgelāc n. _weapon, dart_, #Cr# 769.
bordhæbbende _shield-bearing_, B 2895.
bordhaga m. _cover of shields_, #El# 652.
bordhrēoða (ē) † m. _shield-ornament_: _phalanx_.
bordrand m. _shield_, B 2559.
bordrima m. _rim, edge_.
bordriðig _a stream running in a channel made of planks_? (BT), EC
450^11.
bordstæð n. _sea-shore_, #An# 442.
bordðaca m. _shield-covering, testudo_, #Gl#: _board for roofing_, WW.
bordweall m. _wall of shields, phalanx_: _buckler, shield_: _side of
ship_, #Rd# 34^6.
bordwudu m. _shield_, B 1243.
boren pp. of beran.
borettan _to brandish_, #Gl#.
borg m. _pledge, security, bail, debt, obligation_, _LL_ (v. 2·331;
641); CP: _bondsman_: _debtor_. [‘_borrow_’ sb.]
borgbryce m. _breach of surety_, LL.
borgen pp. of beorgan.
borggelda m. _borrower_: _lender_.
borgian _to ‘borrow,’_ _Mt, Ps_: _lend_: _be surety for_, OEG 3812.
borgiend m. _lender, usurer_.
borg-sorg (burg-) f. _trouble on account of lending or security_,
#Rim# 63.
borgwedd n. _pledge_, WW 279^16.
borh == borg
borhfæst _fast bound_, HL 18^254.
±borhfæstan _to bind by pledge or surety_.
borhhand fm. _security, surety (person)_, Æ.
borhlēas _without a pledge, without security_, LL 230[5].
borian _to bore, perforate_.
borlīce _very, extremely, fitly, excellently_, A 8·302, 307, 329.
born = barn, pret. 3 sg. of biernan.
+borsnung = +brosnung
borsten pp. of berstan.
borðor = beorðor
bōsig m? n? _stall, crib_, _LkLR_. [‘_boosy_’]
bōsm (CP), bōsum m. _‘bosom,’ breast, womb_, _Æ_: _surface_, _An_:
_ship’s hold_, _Gen_.
bōsmig _sinuous_, OEG 8^2.
bōt f. _help, relief, advantage, remedy_, _An, Da, Lcd_; AO:
_compensation for an injury or wrong_, _LL_ (v. 2·336): _(peace)
offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance,
repentance_, _Bl_; CP. tō bōte _to ‘boot,’ besides, moreover_. [_Ger._
busse]
bōtan = bētan
bōtettan _to improve, repair_.
botian _to get better_.
±botl (CP, Æ) == bold
bōtlēas _unpardonable, not to be atoned for by_ bōt.
botm m. _‘bottom,’ ground, foundation_, _B, WW_: _abyss_, _Gen_.
bōtwyrðe _pardonable, that can be atoned for by_ bōt. [cp. bōtlēas]
bōð = bōgeð pres. 3 sg. of bōgan.
boðen mn? _rosemary_: _darnel_, Æ: _thyme_, GPH 390.
bōung = bōgung
box mn. _box-tree_, _WW_: _‘box,’ case_, _Mt_. [_L._ buxus]
boxtrēow n. _box-tree_, #ÆGr# 20^19.
braccas mp. _breeches_, #Lcd# 3·198^28. [_L._]
bracce (Mdf) = bræc I.
brachwīl f. _moment_, A 8·318.
-bracian v. ā-b.
brād I. comp. brādra, brǣdra _‘broad,’ flat, open, extended, spacious,
wide_, _Gen, Chr_; Æ, AO, CP: _ample, copious_, _B_; #El#. II. n.
_breadth_, #Rim# 13?
brādæx f. _broad axe_, #Gl#.
brādbrim † n. _wide sea_.
brāde _far and wide, broadly, widely_.
brādelēac n. _leek_, #Gl#.
brādhand f. _palm of the hand_, WW 264^34.
brādian _to extend, reach_, AO 234^10.
brādlāstæx f. _broad axe_, #Gl#.
brādlinga _flatly, with the hand open_.
brādnes sf. _breadth, greatness, extent, surface_, Æ: _liberality_.
brādpanne = brǣdepanne
bræc I. _a strip of unfilled land_? (BT), KC. II. = pret. 3 sg. of
brecan.
brǣc I. (±) n. _catarrh, cough_. II. f. _breaking, destruction_, ÆL
5^292. III. = brēc nap. of brōc I.
bræcce _breeches_, OET. [_L._]
brǣccoðu f. _falling sickness, epilepsy_, WW 112^27.
+brǣceo = brǣc I.
brǣcdrenc (ē) _cough medicine_, WW 351^88.
bræclian _to cackle, make a noise_, GD 236^12.
brǣcon pret. pl. of brecan.
±brǣcsēoc _epileptic, lunatic_.
brǣd I. f. _breadth, width_, AO. [brād] II. f. _flesh_, #Ph# 240.
[_OHG._ brāt] III. m. _trick, fraud, deceit, craft_. [= *brægd;
‘_braid_’] IV. pret. 3 sg. of brēdan, bregdan. V. pres. 3 sg. and pp. of
brǣdan.
brǣd- = brægd- (bregd-)
±brǣdan (e) I. _to make broad, extend, spread, stretch out_, _BH_; AO:
_be extended, rise, grow_. [‘_brede_’; brād] II. _to roast, toast, bake,
broil, cook_, _WW_. [‘_brede_’; _Ger._ braten]
brǣde m. _roast meat_, _WW_. [‘_brede_’; _Ger._ braten]
-brǣdels v. ofer-b.
brǣdepanne f. _frying-pan_ (v. WW 363#n#3).
brǣding I. f. _extension_, #Bo# 46^6: _bedding, bed_, DR. II. f. _roast
meat_, OEG 3760.
brǣdingpanne = brǣdepanne
brǣdīsen n. ‘_scalpellum_,’ #Gl#, WW.
brǣdra v. brād.
brǣdu, brǣdo f. _breadth, width, extent_, _Ps_. [‘_brede_’]
+brægd = brǣd III.
brægdan = bregdan
brægdboga m. _deceitful bow_, #Cr# 765.
brægden (e) I. (±) _deceitful, crafty_, AO. adv. -līce. [bregdan] II.
_fraud_.
brægdnes (ǣd-) f. _fraud, cunning_.
brægdwīs _crafty_, #Gu# 58. [bregd]
brægen (a, c) n. ‘_brain_,’ _Lcd, Ps_; Æ, CP.
brægenpanne f. _brain-pan, skull_, OEG 2815.
brægensēoc _brain-sick, mad_, OEG.
brægn = brægen
brægnloca (brægn-) m. _brain-house, head_, #Rd# 72^21.
brægpanne = brægenpanne
bræhtm (A) = breahtm
bræmbel, brǣmel == brēmel
brǣme (NG) = brēme
brǣr (ē) = brēr
bræs n. _‘brass,’ bronze_, _Æ_.
bræsen _‘brazen,’ of brass_, _LPs_; Æ.
bræsian _to do work in brass, make of brass_, #ÆGr# 215^17.
bræsne = bresne
brǣð m. _odour, scent, stink, exhalation, vapour_, _AO_. [‘_breath_’]
brǣw (ēa) m. _eye-brow, eye-lid_, _BH, Lcd, Ps, WW_; CP. [‘_bree_’]
bragen = brægen
brahtan = brohton pret. pl. of bringan.
brand (ō) m. _fire, flame_, _B_; Æ: _‘brand,’ torch_, _JnL, Da_; Æ:
_sword_, _B_.
brandhāt † _burning hot, ardent_.
brandhord (o^1) n? _treasure exciting ardent desires_ (BT); _care,
anxiety_ (GK), #Rim# 46.
brand-īren, -īsen n. _fire-dog, trivet, grate_, _WW_. [‘_brandise_’]
brandōm (o^1) m. ‘_rubigo_,’ WW 44^14.
brandrād (o^2, e^2) f. _fire-dog, trivet_, #Gl#.
brandrida m. _fire-grate_, WW 266^26.
brandstæfn (o^1) _high-prowed_? #An# 504. [= brant- ?]
brang pret. 3 sg. of bringan.
brant † (o) _deep, steep, high_, _An, El_. [‘_brant_’]
branwyrt f. _whortleberry plant_, WW 133^23.
brasian = bræsian
+brastl (-sl) n. _crackling (of flames)_, DD, W.
brastlian (-sl) _to roar, rustle, crackle_, _Æ_. [‘_brastle_’; _Ger._
prasseln]
brastlung f. _crackling, rustling, crashing_, _Æ_.
bratt m. _cloak_, _MtL_ 5^40. [‘_bratt_’]
brēac pret. 3 sg. of brūcan.
brēad n. _bit, crumb, morsel_: ‘_bread_,’ _JnL_.
+breadian = +bredian
brēag = brǣw
breahtm I. (bearhtm; æ, e, eo, y) m. _cry, noise, revelry_. II. =
bearhtm
breahtmian (earht) _to creak, resound_.
breahtmung f. ‘_convolatus_,’ WW 376^3.
breahtumhwæt = bearhtmhwæt
breard = brerd
brēat- = brēot-
brēað _brittle_, #Lcd# 1·260^7.
brēaw = brǣw
brēawern n. _brew-house_, WW 145^29.
brēc fp. _breeches_, _Lcd, RB_. [‘_breech_’; v. ES 38·345]
+brec n. _noise, sound_, CP.
±brēc = ±brǣc I.
±brecan I. sv^4 _to ‘break,’ shatter, burst, tear_, _B, Bl, Ps_:
_curtail, injure, violate, destroy, oppress_, _B, Da, KC_; AO, CP:
_break into, rush into, storm, capture (city)_, _Ma_; CP: _press,
force_: _break or crash through, burst forth, spring out_, _An, Ph_:
_subdue, tame_, CP. II. _to roar_? #Cr# 951. [_ON._ braka]
brēchrægl n. _breeches_, #PPs# 108^28.
brecmǣlum = brytmǣlum
±brecnes f. _breach_, #EPs#.
-brecð v. ǣ-, eodor-b.
brecða m. _broken condition_. mōdes b. _sorrow of heart_, B 171.
brecung f. ‘_breaking_,’ _LkR_.
bred n. _surface_: _board, plank_, CP: _tablet_, _Æ_. [‘_bred_’]
brēd = (1) brȳd, (2) brād, (3) brǣd III.
brēdan I. _to produce, or cherish, a brood_, _Æ_. [‘_breed_’] II. (±) =
bregdan. III. (±) = brǣdan I. and II.
breden (i, y) _of boards, wooden_, Æ.
brēdende _deceitful, cunning_, AO. [bregdan]
brēdettan = brogdettan
+bredian † (ea) _to regenerate, restore_.
brēdi(ng)panne = brǣdepanne
brēdīsern = brǣdīsen
bredweall m. _wall of boards, palisade_, ES 20·148.
bredwian (eo) _to strike down, trample_.
+brēfan _to write down_, A 8·308^11. [cp. _Ger._ brief]
brēg (#VPs#) = brǣw
brega (Æ) = brego
brēgan _to alarm, frighten, terrify_, _Lk_; Æ, CP. [‘_bree_’; brōga]
bregd = brǣd III.
+bregd I. n. _movement, change_, #Ph# 57. II. = brǣd III.
bregdan^3 (brēd-) _to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw
(wrestling)_, _draw (sword)_, _drag_, _B, Ma_: _bend, weave_, _‘braid,’
knit, join together_, _ÆGr_: _change colour, vary, be transformed_, _Ex,
Sol, Gu_: _bind, knot_: (intr.) _move, be pulled_: _flash_, Æ. up b.
_bring up (a charge)_: (+) _scheme, feign, pretend_: (+) _draw breath,
breathe_.
bregden = brægden
+bregdnes f. _trouble, affliction_, MF 162.
+bregdstafas mp. _learned arts_, #Sol# 2.
bregen = brægen
brēgendlic _terrible_, #RPs# 46^3.
brēgh = brǣw
brēgnes f. _fear, terror_.
brego † (eo) m. _ruler, chief, king, Lord_. b. engla, mancynnes _God_.
bregorīce n. _kingdom_, #Gen# 1633.
bregorōf _majestic, mighty_, B 1925.
bregostōl † m. _ruler’s seat, throne_: _rule, dominion_.
bregoweard † m. _ruler, prince, lord_.
bregu = brego
breht- = breaht-, beorht-, bierht-
brehtniende = bearhtmiende [[redirected to “breahtmian”]]
brēman I. (±) _to honour, extol_. [brēme] II. (oe) _to rage_, NG.
brembel (Æ), brember == brēmel
brēme (oe, ȳ) I. adj. _famous, glorious, noble_, _PPs_; AO. [‘_breme_’]
II. adv.
brēmel (ǣ) m. _brier_, _‘bramble,’ blackberry bush_, _Æ, Lcd_; Mdf.
[brōm]
brēmelæppel m. _blackberry_, #Lcd#.
brēmelberie f. _blackberry_, #Lcd#.
brēmelbrǣr † m. _bramble-brier_.
brēmellēaf n. _bramble-leaf_, #Lcd#.
brēmelrind f. _bramble-bark_, #Lcd#.
brēmelðyrne f. _bramble-bush_, Æ.
brēmen = brēme I.
brēmendlic _noted_, OEG.
brēmer == brēmel
brēmlas nap. of brēmel.
bremman _to rage, roar_. [_Ger._ brummen]
bremung f. _roaring_, WW 242^39.
brencð pres. 3 sg. of brengan.
brene = bryne
brēneð pres. 3 sg. of *brēnan _to make or dye brown_? (GK; BT reads
breneð = berneð pres. 3 sg. of bernan) #Run# 15.
±brengan (AO, CP) = bringan
brengnes f. _oblation_: (+) _food, support_, MkL 12^44. [*bringnes]
brenting m. _ship_, B 2807. [brant]
breo- = bre-
brēo- = brē-
brēod (NG) = brēad
breodian _to cry out_, #Mod# 28.
breoht- = bearht-, beorht-
brēosa (īo) m. _gadfly_, _WW_. [‘_breeze_’]
brēost nmf. (usu. in pl.) _‘breast,’ bosom_, _B, Lk, Lcd_; AO, CP:
_stomach, womb_: _mind, thought, disposition_, _Gen_; CP: ‘_ubertas_,’
#CPs# 35^9.
brēostbān n. ‘_breast-bone_,’ _WW_ 158.
brēostbeorg = brēostgebeorh
brēostbyden (e^2) f. _breast_, #Gl#.
brēostcearu † f. _heart-care, anxiety_.
brēostcofa † m. _heart, affections_.
brēostgebeorh m. _bulwark_, WW 466^14.
brēostgehygd †, -hȳd † fn. _thought_.
brēostgeðanc † m. _mind, thought_.
brēostgewǣdu † np. _corslet_.
brēostgyrd f. _sceptre_? OEG 3303; 2^188.
brēosthord † n. _thought, mind_.
brēostlīn n. _stomacher_, WW 407^8.
brēostloca † m. _mind, soul_.
brēostnet † n. _coat of mail_.
brēostnyrwet n. _tightness of chest_, #Lcd# 189b.
brēostrocc m. _chest-clothing_, WW 151^39.
brēostsefa † m. _mind, heart_.
brēosttoga m. _chieftain_, #Sol# 184.
brēostðing n. _region of the heart_, #Lcd# 3·146^18.
brēostwærc m. _pain in the chest_, #Lcd#.
brēostweall m. _breastwork, rampart_, WW 490^13.
brēostweorðung † f. _breast-ornament_.
brēostwylm (e^2) m. _breast-fountain, teat_: _emotion, sorrow_.