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61. bōre n.(1)

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(a) A boring, hole, perforation; (b) an aperture, opening, crevice; (c) anus; (d) not worth a bore, utterly worthless.

62. bọ̄th n.

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(a) A stall at a market or fair, a merchant's shop; ?also, house of prostitution [L meritorium]; (b) a temporary dwelling, arbor of branches, tent, hut; also a poor dwelling, a hovel; (c) in personal…

63. bōthe num. (as n., adj., & conj.)

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As noun: Two together, both; -- in various constructions: (a) alone; (b) the two of them; the bothe; (c) both here (theire) hedes, the heads of both of them; etc.; (d) here bother (baþre, bothe,

64. botme n.

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(a) The lower part or side of something; base, foundation, bottom; the bed of a cart; also, the under side of a thing; (b) the bottom of the sea; the bed of a river or stream; (c) fig., root cause…

65. bǒugh n.

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(a) A branch of a tree or bush; a main branch, a limb; also, a small branch or twig; (b) a branch of any kind of plant; a spray of an herb or shrub, a shoot, a branch of a vine, a palm frond; (c) a…

66. brand-gọ̄s n.

Additional spellings: brandgos
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A wild goose: brant.

67. brand-reth n.

Additional spellings: brandreth
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(a) A grate, gridiron, or trivet for supporting cooking utensils above a fire; (b) a gridiron for torture.

68. bratthe n.

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(a) Violence, impetuosity; (b) anger, rage; -- also pl.; (c) the deadly sin of Wrath.

69. brẹ̄ch n.

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(a) The undergarment covering the lower part of the body; underpants, drawers, or tights; brech and sherte, sark and brek; (b) brech, brek, as pl.; a pare brech, a pair of breeches.

70. breid n.(1)

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(a) A sudden or quick movement, such as a jerk, wrench, pull, start, jolt; (b) a rash or hasty act; a move; (c) an impassioned utterance, an outburst or outcry; (d) an unusual occurrence or event…

71. brest n.(2)

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(a) Breaking; (b) an explosion, a loud noise.

72. brēth n.(2)

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Wrath, anger, vengeful spirit; the fury (of battle); wreken breth, wreak vengeance.

73. brim n.(1)

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A body of water, such as the sea, a pool, spring, river.

74. brīn n. (plural)

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(a) Eyebrows, or the ridges of the eyebrows; (b) eyelid(s).

75. brinie n.

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(a) A coat of mail; corselet, cuirass, hauberk; brouden brinie; -- also pl. for sg.; (b) brinie hod, a coif of mail.

76. brinke n.

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(a) The shore (of the sea); seashore, coast; se brinke; ?also, the top (of a mound) [quot.: 1607], ?a precipice [quot. a1425 Wycl.]; (b) the bank (of a stream); (c) the edge (of a spring); (d) in…

77. brixel n.

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Humiliating treatment or circumstances; shameless behavior, chiding.

78. brō n.(1)

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(a) The bank (of a stream); the brink or raised edge (of a ditch or pit); (b) in names.

79. brod n.(1)

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(a) A sprout, a shoot; (b) a pointed instrument, a goad; (c) a nail (applied to several types and sizes); (d) brod smith, a maker of goads, ?a maker of nails.

80. brok n.(2)

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Name of a horse.