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41. bidernen v.

Additional spellings: bedernen
1 quotation in 1 sense
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To conceal (sth.).

42. bidwēl(i)en v.

Additional spellings: bedwelen, bidwelien, bedwelien
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To delude, dupe; (b) to bewilder, confound.

43. bifellen v.

Additional spellings: befellen
1 quotation in 1 sense
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To fell (an enemy).

44. bigẹ̄men v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To have or take charge of (sth.), take care of.

45. bilẹ̄ven v.(2)

Additional spellings: beleven
64 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Theol. To believe (in a doctrine, in God, etc.); -- with in, on, upon, to, into phrase; (b) to profess (a deity).

46. birthen n.

86 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Something carried or supported; a load, a weight; (b) something carried within the body or as part of the body; a fetus; birthen of nature (womb), excrement; last (secound) birthen, afterbirth…

47. bī̆sten v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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To buffet (sb.), pummel, flog, beat; also without obj., of waves: to dash, rage.

48. biyēten v.

Additional spellings: beyeten
87 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To acquire (property, goods, etc.), get possession of, get; biyeten togedre, accumulate; lele, right bigeten, gotten rightfully, wrong biyeten, ill-gotten; (b) to get control over (a country, a…

49. blacche n.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A black pigment or dye; esp., black ink; (b) black color; (c) a black person; (d) blacche of souteres, a company of cobblers; (e) blacche man, ?a maker or seller of black ink or dye; blacche pot

50. bladdre n.

43 quotations in 3 senses
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Anat. (a) The urinary bladder; (b) a containing organ or bag; esp., the gall bladder; (c) the crop of a bird.

51. bōld adj.

126 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of persons: brave, courageous, daring, fearless; bold of herte; bold in blod; bold brained; maken bold, encourage (sb.); (b) of animals: fearless, ?ferocious; (c) of actions: courageous, bold…

52. bōlden v.

38 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To become encouraged, take heart, cheer up; -- refl. or intr.; (b) to embolden or encourage (sb.); comfort (sb.), cheer up; bolden herte.

53. brẹ̄th n.(3)

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The process of brewing; breth led, a vessel for brewing or cooking; (b) broth, soup.

54. breu n.

14 quotations in 2 senses
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An eyebrow; eie breu; above-bregh, over-brei [cp. L super-cilium].

55. bright adj.

147 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of the sun, moon, stars, fire: giving off much light, shining brightly, bright; of light: intense, brilliant; also fig. [quot. 1421]; (b) of God, angels, saints, heaven: characterized by intense…

56. brighte adv.

48 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) With a bright light, brightly; also fig.; (b) brilliantly, lustrously; also fig.; (c) (polished) to a state of brilliance, brightly; also fig.

57. brightnesse n.

36 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Brightness, brilliance, radiance; (b) light; a flash of light; flash or glance (of an eye); (c) luster; transparency.

58. buter-flīe n.

Additional spellings: buterflie
28 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A butterfly; also, a moth; (b) a painted or embroidered representation of a butterfly; (c) something insignificant, a trifle; kepen (taken) buterflies, catch butterflies, waste time; not worth a

59. caft n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Unchaste behavior.

60. calf n.(1)

125 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The young of cattle, a calf; (b) veal; (c) the young of deer [cp. hert-calf, hinde-calf]; (d) with calf, in calf, bearing a calf, with calf.