Sharp-edged, sharp (weapon); sharp, cruel (blow). …

To think, reflect, meditate, ponder; bithinken right, wel, think hard or carefully; -- usually refl.; -- (a) alone; (b) with of, on, to, upon phrase. …

A bit of food. …

Soaked or steeped (in a liquid). …

(a) To look after (sth., sb.), take care of; guard, protect, preserve; biwiten faste, cherish; biwiten from, protect from (an enemy), defend against; (b) to have charge of (sth.), govern; (c) ppl. biw……

(a) What has been acquired; property, possessions, goods; for al his biyete, for all the world; (b) gain, profit, benefit, advantage; also, interest (on loans); (c) spoils, booty; (d) prey. …

(a) Blowing (of wind), a gust; windes blas; (b) blowing (of a bellows); beli blas; breath (of the devil); (c) blowing (of horns), blast. …

(a) A flame, a blaze; blase of fire; tenden blase, setten on blase, set on fire; ben on blase, be on fire, burn; (b) a firebrand, torch, beacon; (c) a blaze of light. …

Two together, both; each of two; -- (a) alone; (b) accompanying a noun or a noun phrase; (c) following a personal or anaphoric pron., either directly or (esp. for emphasis or rime) after the verb……

(a) An edifice, such as a castle or mansion; (b) a dwelling place, an abode; (c) in names [see A.H. Smith PNElem. 1.43]. …

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……

Of persons: (a) excellent, noble; handsome, beautiful; -- also as noun; (b) stout, sturdy, burly. …

(a) Porridge, pulse; (b) broth (of meat), liquor (of vegetables); (c) ?a type of ale or beer; ?some sort of broth, juice, or liquor;bre mongere, a seller of such a commodity; ale bre, a drink made……

(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. …

Of birds: to incubate eggs, hatch out and rear young, breed; breden brod, bring forth a brood. …

(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……

To move quickly or suddenly: (a) to hurry, hasten, rush; dash, dart, jump; -- intr. or refl.; (b) breiden up, to jump or start up (as from anger or fear). …

(a) To break (an object) into parts; dash to pieces; destroy the wholeness of (an object); shatter (a weapon) in combat; crush (the human body, etc.); breken atwo, breken asonder, breken in peces……

A thorny shrub or prickly plant; a bramble or brier; specif., the blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) or dewberry (R. caesius); brembel busk; brembel bery. …

The process of cleaning a ship's bottom with burning broom or reeds; also, material so used [first quot.]. …