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21. bleik adj.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of complexion: pallid, sallow, pale; (b) whitish, white.

22. bleiken v.

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(a) To turn pale (as with fear); bleiken in blodi ble, blush; (b) to make (sb.) turn pale.

23. blē̆k n.

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(a) Ink; blek pot, inkhorn; (b) a black substance, ?tar; (c) a dark or somber mood.

24. blenchen v.

57 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To move suddenly or sharply; jerk, twist; flinch, wince, dodge; blenchen aside; blenchen low, duck; blenchen broues, raise (one's) eyebrows or eyelids; blenchen of slepe, wake up suddenly; (b) of…

25. bōle n.(1)

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(a) A bull; fre bole, a bull free to roam with the herd [see Homans Eng.Villagers 61-3]; (b) a steer or bullock.

26. bọ̄n n.(2)

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(a) The act of praying, or what one asks for in praying; a prayer; a favor asked for; bidden, don, maken, praien bon, address a prayer (to God), say a prayer, pray; asken, bidden bon, pray for…

27. bō̆nd n.

177 quotations in 10 senses
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Something used for tying, binding, wrapping, fastening, joining: (a) a cord, string (also fig.); a strap, halter, leash; a bowstring; (b) a twist of straw; a tendril; (c) a bandage or wrapping; (d) a…

28. bō̆nd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: bonde
32 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A customary tenant (as distinct from a free-holder); a villager (villain) or farmer (husbandman) holding land under a lord in return for customary services, esp. plowing (cp. plough-man); specif…

29. 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.

30. brant ppl. adj.

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(a) Steep, high; brant up, straight up, erect; brant upright, perpendicular; (b) arched (eyebrows) [cp. OI bretta brȳrnar raise the eyebrows]; (c) ?smooth (forehead); (d) in place names [see Smith PN

31. 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.

32. bred-ful adj.

Additional spellings: bredful
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(a) Of a container: filled to the brim, brimful; (b) of an area: completely covered; (c) completely filled, chock-full.

33. breithen v.

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To rush.

34. brennen v.

351 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To be consumed by fire; burn, burn down; brennen awai; of fire: burn; brennen up, flame up; brenning, on fire, fiery; (b) to destroy (sth.) with fire; put to the torch, reduce to ashes; brennen up

35. bresten v.

175 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To be broken, fall apart, break, shatter; bresten atwo, bresten atwinne, bresten in peces, bresten in sunder; (b) to break (sth.), shatter, crush; break (one's arm); ppl. brosten, of grain or…

36. brim n.(1)

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

37. britten v.

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(a) To mash; (b) to cut to pieces, dismember; (c) to shatter; demolish.

38. būte-carl n.

Additional spellings: butecarl
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A boatman.

39. cæppe n.

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Warrior.

40. cang adj. & n.

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(a) Foolish; also, lewd, worthless, ?wicked; cang eien, lustful eyes; (b) a fool.