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41. blē̆nden v.(2)

37 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To mix or blend (two things or one thing with another); blenden samme, blenden togeder; blenden among, blenden with; (b) to intersperse; suffuse; (c) to penetrate (sth.); immerse (in sth.); engulf…

42. blēð adj. & n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Timid, apprehensive; as noun: fear.

43. blī̆chening ger.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Rust, blight, mildew (on grain).

44. bōle n.(1)

141 quotations in 7 senses
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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.

45. bọ̄n n.(2)

77 quotations in 5 senses
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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…

46. 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…

47. bō̆rd n.

285 quotations in 9 senses
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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…

48. 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,

49. 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…

50. 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…

51. brand-reth n.

Additional spellings: brandreth
14 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A grate, gridiron, or trivet for supporting cooking utensils above a fire; (b) a gridiron for torture.

52. brant ppl. adj.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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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

53. brẹ̄ch n.

55 quotations in 5 senses
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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.

54. 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…

55. breithen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To rush.

56. 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

57. brest n.(2)

11 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Breaking; (b) an explosion, a loud noise.

58. 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…

59. brẹ̄ven v.

35 quotations in 6 senses
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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.).

60. brim n.(1)

7 quotations in 1 sense
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A body of water, such as the sea, a pool, spring, river.