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121. bọ̄th n.

37 quotations in 1 sense
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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…

122. bōthe num. (as n., adj., & conj.)

369 quotations in 6 senses
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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,

123. botme n.

97 quotations in 5 senses
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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…

124. bǒugh n.

81 quotations in 2 senses
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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…

125. bǒun adj.

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(a) Of persons: ready, prepared; also, armed; boun in, clothed in (sth.); expert in (astronomy); of things: in readiness, prepared; of a weapon: drawn; of parts of buildings: made, built; of wages or…

126. brand-gọ̄s n.

Additional spellings: brandgos
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A wild goose: brant.

127. 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.

128. 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

129. bratthe n.

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

130. 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.

131. breid n.(1)

88 quotations in 4 senses
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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…

132. breithen v.

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To rush.

133. 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

134. brest n.(2)

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

135. 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…

136. brēth n.(2)

14 quotations in 1 sense
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Wrath, anger, vengeful spirit; the fury (of battle); wreken breth, wreak vengeance.

137. brẹ̄ven v.

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(a) To commit (sth.) to writing, write down; breved in boke, recorded or recounted in writing; (b) to give a (written) account (of sth., sb.); (c) to extol (sb.).

138. brim n.(1)

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

139. brīn n. (plural)

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

140. 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.