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41. berberie n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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The fruit of the common barberry Berberis vulgaris. …

42. bē̆rn n.(1)

72 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A man, male person; also, person, human being; (b) bern ne best, man nor beast; bernes and brides, men and women; etc.; (c) mate, husband; (d) serving man, servant. …

43. bidel n.

39 quotations in 3 senses
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One who makes announcements or carries messages and performs other services on the authority of a lord, court, guild, etc.; herald, town crier, summoner; bidel hod, a beadle's hood; bidel land (a……

44. bihēst(e n.

Additional spellings: behest, biheste, beheste
75 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A promise or pledge; also, what is promised; bihoten, maken bihest, make a promise; bilesten, fulfillen, holden bihest, keep or carry out a promise; breken bihest; (b) lond of bihest, the Promised……

45. bīke n.(1)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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A nest of wild bees or wasps; a honeycomb; hony bike. …

46. biker n.(1)

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An ornate covered bowl for mixing wine; (b) a drinking vessel; goblet, beaker; biker cuppe; biker maker. …

47. bī-ker n.(3)

Additional spellings: biker
1 quotation in 1 sense
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A nest of wild bees. …

48. bil n.

22 quotations in 1 sense
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A cutting, hacking, or grubbing implement: (a) a falchion, halberd, pike, gisarme; bil ibeat; blak bil [see blak adj., sense 4. (f)]; (b) a pruning hook or blade; bil hok; hegge bil, a bill hook used……

49. bī-leman n.

Additional spellings: bileman
3 quotations in 1 sense
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A paramour. …

50. bī̆rde n.(1)

53 quotations in 3 senses
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A woman of noble birth; damsel, lady, lady in waiting; fre iboren birde; also, woman; -- frequ. in allit. phrases: birde bright, fair lady; birde in boure, damsel in bower; bern and birde, lord and……

51. bī̆r-laue n.

Additional spellings: birlaue
5 quotations in 1 sense
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A body of customs or regulations current in a community (a village or district) and enforced locally, esp. regulations concerning land use, grazing, etc. [See G. C. Homans, Eng.Villagers (1942), pp……

52. birth(e n.

Additional spellings: birthe
116 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) The act of giving birth, childbirth; birth bering; labour of birth; at on (a) birth, in one delivery; (b) birth in wombe, conception. …

53. biside-sittere n.

Additional spellings: bisidesittere, beside-sittere, besidesittere
1 quotation in 1 sense
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A legal adviser. …

54. bī̆-smār(e n.

Additional spellings: bismar, bi-smare, bismare
49 quotations in 3 senses
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Ridicule, mockery, derision, disdain, or an instance of it; on (a) or for bi-smar, by way of mockery or ridicule, tauntingly, derisively; driven to bi-smar, engage in mockery, make fun of, be amused……

55. bisọ̄kne n.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An entreaty or request; (b) chirche-bisocnie, attendance at church. …

56. bitlok n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A bit of food. …

57. biyēte n.

Additional spellings: beyete
37 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) What has been acquired; property, possessions, goods; for al his biyete, for all the world; (b) gain, profit, benefit, advantage; also, interest (on loans); (c) spoils, booty; (d) prey. …

58. blā̆s n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Blowing (of wind), a gust; windes blas; (b) blowing (of a bellows); beli blas; breath (of the devil); (c) blowing (of horns), blast. …

59. blāse n.

22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A flame, a blaze; blase of fire; tenden blase, setten on blase, set on fire; ben on blase, be on fire, burn; (b) a firebrand, torch, beacon; (c) a blaze of light. …

60. blī-gẹ̄ter n.

Additional spellings: bligeter
1 quotation in 1 sense
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A lead founder. …

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