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101. blī̆chening ger.

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Rust, blight, mildew (on grain).

102. bliknen v.

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(a) To shine; (b) to lose color, turn pale [cp. bloknen].

103. blīthe n.(2)

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(a) Joy, bliss; so have thou blithe; (b) favor, mercy; sechen blithe; (c) in intensive phrases of vague meaning: in blithe; with blithe.

104. blō adj.

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(a) Of the body: dark, discolored, black-and-blue, livid; fig. livid with anger; blo stroke, a bruise; (b) as blo as (eni) led, as livid as lead; blak and blo, blo and wan, black-and-blue, livid; blo

105. blō-berī n.

Additional spellings: bloberi
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The bilberry or blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); ?also, the blackberry (Rubus fruticosus).

106. bloderen v.

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To make inarticulate sounds; blubber, sob, 'carry on'.

107. blọ̄m n.

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(a) A flower, blossom; flowers, bloom; flowering (as a stage in the development of a plant); also fig.; bright as blom; beren blom, to flower; (b) as an epithet: Christ; the Virgin; (c) pre-eminence…

108. blọ̄men v.

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(a) To come into flower, bloom, flower; (b) fig. to flourish, increase, abound, grow.

109. blǒnderen v.

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(a) To walk without seeing, go blindly; (b) to proceed ignorantly, act blindly or irrationally; refl. delude oneself, be out of one's senses; ppl. blundering, rash, clumsy, thoughtless; of things…

110. blōt adj.(1)

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(a) Swollen; bloated, plump; (b) softened, made pliable and moist; blot fish, bloatfish.

111. blotnen v.

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To anoint.

112. bōde-wǒrd n.

Additional spellings: bodeword
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(a) A commandment (of God); the bode-word(es, the (ten) Commandments; forbeden bode-word, impose a prohibition; (b) a command or edict.

113. bōl-ax(e n.

Additional spellings: bol-axe, bolax, bolaxe
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(a) An ax for cutting or splitting wood; (b) a poleax.

114. 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.

115. bōle n.(2)

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(a) The trunk (of a tree); also, a tree; (b) ?a branch or grape cluster [may be error for bobbe n].

116. bolnen v.

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(a) To swell, become distended; also, specif., swell from infection, poison, beating, etc.; (b) bolned, swollen (from infection, beating, etc.); also, corpulent; (c) bolned hering, bloated herring…

117. 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…

118. bō̆nd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: bonde
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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…

119. bō̆rd n.

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(a) A board, a plank; stif as ani bord, stiff as a board; Estlond bord, board imported from Norway or the Baltic countries; oken (okes) bord, an oak board; wainscot bord; (b) coll. lumber, timber…

120. 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.