River, stream; -- in names of streams and places [see EPNSoc. 1 (pt. 1.1) & 5 (pp. 161, 165)]. …

(a) Alder (Alnus glutinosa); alder tre; (b) alder kerre, alder kyr, alder was, alder swamp; alder shawe, alder thicket. …

Elm; alme bark; alme tre [confused with alder]. …

(a) Anything given to relieve those in poverty or distress, any charitable gift or offering, alms; an allotment of alms; eten almes, be dependent on alms; gan on almes, liven bi, of almes, live on……

Handmaid, bondwoman. …

(a) The ankle; ankle bone, esp. the inner projection [quots. c1150, c1440]; innermore ancle; utward ancle, outer projection of the ankle; (b) ancle bon, ankle bone; utter ancle, outer projection of……

(a) As pred. adj.: him was ange, he was vexed; dide hem ange, it troubled them; (b) as noun: vexation, trouble; pain. …

(a) Distress, suffering; anguish, agony; the anguish of love, love-longing; anger and wo (tene, care); (b) a source of distress, suffering, or discomfort; trouble, hardship; pl. troubles……

(a) Face; (b) forehead; (c) appearance, looks; image. …

Only in phrase follȝhenn aȝȝ an-wherrfeddleȝȝe, to strive for or practice single-mindedness (to achieve sth.), to strive constantly. …

(a) Plowland; ar-dawe feld; (b) dais ar-dawe, an acre or juger of plowland (orig. a day's plowing). …

Only in bi are dawes, in days of yore, long ago. …

Funeral feast, wake. …

(a) An arrow [a slender wooden shaft, with metal point of various design, usually feathered at the butt, and shot from a bow; cp. quarrel bolt, shot from a crossbow]; brod arwe, hoked arwe, an arrow……

(a) The European ash Fraxinus excelsior; also, any of certain related or similar trees; oil of assh; sho assh, 'female' ash; (b) in surnames. …

Fear, terror, dread; also, great reverence, veneration, awe. …

(a) Forwardness, arrogance, pride; (b) adj. proud, excellent; exceeding. …

The beard on grain; an awn. …

A small duck of some kind. …

Strength. …

(a) The bar or shaft on which the wheels of a cart turn, an axle; (b) axel man, workman who makes axles or fits them to the wheels; axel nail, a nail or pin used to hold a wheel on an axle. …

(a) The bar to which the wheels of a cart, a wagon, etc., are attached; an axletree; casten the axel-tre, to throw the axletree, pitch the bar; (b) the pin or spindle on which a wheel, grindstone……

(a) A bag or sack, with or without its contents; traveling bag, wallet, satchel, pouch; bagge portatif; undo the bagge; (b) a bag as a unit of measure. …

(a) Bait for fish, fowl, or vermin; (b) a worm or insect to be used for bait. …

(a) A round body; sphere, globe, orb; turnen as a bal, to turn as does Fortune's ball; (b) the orb borne together with a scepter as an emblem of sovereignty; (c) a rounded protuberance or boss for……

A blazing fire, esp. one for burning victims or corpses; also, hell-fire; bale-fir. …

(a) A ridge or mound; the mound of a grave; an archery butt; (b) fig. an obstruction or obstacle. …

(a) One who destroys life; slayer, murderer [see dedbana, red bane]; (b) one who destroys the soul; soule(s bane. …

(a) A natural ridge; (b) a height, hill, mountain; (c) a slope, a hill-side; (d) ?the crest of a wave. …

A wave, billow; se bare. …

The bark of a tree or woody plant. …

A small stream, brook; -- often in names. …

A kind of tree. …

A grain bin; the hopper of a mill. …

(a) A bench, a seat; esp., a long, backless seat; (b) a royal seat, the throne of a ruler; setten on benk, to put (sb.) on a throne, do honor to (sb.); (c) benk ende, the end of the bench. …

Wave, billow. …

A hill; a mound, barrow; under bergh, beside or behind a hill, under cover of a hill. …

A pole (?for propelling a boat); berling tre. …

A sail yard. …

A dwelling; farm, village, town; bi-milne, town mill. [Common in place names and field names of the East Midland and the North (the Danelaw). See A. H. Smith PNElem. 1.66, & the thorp, by, tun map in……

(a) The female of the dog, a bitch; also, cur; bicche whelp, a female puppy; (b) the female of the wolf; wolf bicche. …

Barley; big bern, barley barn; big rid(d)el, barley riddle or sieve (for bolting). …

A surname. …

A nest of wild bees. …

A coffer; a bin. …

A carpenter who covers the frame of a ship with boards or planks. …

Naut. A wind or breeze, esp. one favorable for sailing; haven bir at the bak, have a tail wind; abiden the bir, await favorable wind (i.e. circumstances). …

(a) The act of giving birth, childbirth; birth bering; labour of birth; at on (a) birth, in one delivery; (b) birth in wombe, conception. …

(a) Ink; blek pot, inkhorn; (b) a black substance, ?tar; (c) a dark or somber mood. …

Timid, apprehensive; as noun: fear. …

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

The bilberry or blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); ?also, the blackberry (Rubus fruticosus). …

(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……

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

(a) An ax for cutting or splitting wood; (b) a poleax. …

(a) A bull; fre bole, a bull free to roam with the herd [see Homans Eng.Villagers 61-3]; (b) a steer or bullock. …

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

(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……

(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……

(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……

(a) A boring, hole, perforation; (b) an aperture, opening, crevice; (c) anus; (d) not worth a bore, utterly worthless. …

(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……

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,……

(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……

(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……

A wild goose: brant. …

(a) A grate, gridiron, or trivet for supporting cooking utensils above a fire; (b) a gridiron for torture. …

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

(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. …

(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……

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

Wrath, anger, vengeful spirit; the fury (of battle); wreken breth, wreak vengeance. …

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

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

(a) A coat of mail; corselet, cuirass, hauberk; brouden brinie; -- also pl. for sg.; (b) brinie hod, a coif of mail. …

(a) The shore (of the sea); seashore, coast; se brinke; ?also, the top (of a mound) [quot.: 1607], ?a precipice [quot. a1425 Wycl.]; (b) the bank (of a stream); (c) the edge (of a spring); (d) in……

Humiliating treatment or circumstances; shameless behavior, chiding. …

(a) The bank (of a stream); the brink or raised edge (of a ditch or pit); (b) in names. …

(a) A sprout, a shoot; (b) a pointed instrument, a goad; (c) a nail (applied to several types and sizes); (d) brod smith, a maker of goads, ?a maker of nails. …

Name of a horse. …

(a) A sudden movement, a rush; at a bront, suddenly, speedily; (b) an attack, a charge; (c) a blow; also fig.; (d) the full force (of an attack, misfortune, etc.); a)biden (beren) the bront, endure……

Sudden, hasty; of a person: quick, eager (to do sth.). …

An epileptic fit. …

The brisket of an animal. …

The cargo of a ship, a shipload (of a commodity). …

A hill or mountain; also a towering mass of hair. …

(a) The end of a spear or pike opposite the head, butt; (b) naut.?the end of a plank in a ship's side; ?also, one of the planks. …

Warrior. …

A Roman emperor, a Caesar; caiser of Rome. …

(a) An outcry (against sb.), a charge, an accusation; maken cal; (b) a summons; an invitation. …

The calf of the leg. …

(a) Foolish; also, lewd, worthless, ?wicked; cang eien, lustful eyes; (b) a fool. …

Eccl. A robe or cope worn by the choirmaster [L cantor] or some other priest during Mass. …

A clergyman living under a rule of canons, a canon. …

A horse or gelding; a warhorse, cart horse, riding horse, etc.; capel clauer, horse clawer, stable boy; cutted capel, a gelding. …

A cask; fig. a place of confinement. …

(a) A man (usually of low estate); often patronizingly or contemptuously: fellow; (b) a contemptuous term of address: fellow, knave, rascal; (c) as term of association: cloddre (cluster) of carles, a……

A kind of ship's timber; ?a timber in the kelson, ?the kelson, ?a mast-step. …

A male human being, a man. …

(a) Talking, chatting, conversation, discourse; (b) a statement, a saying; a message (spoken or written); (c) a story, tale, poem, song; (d) mention, news; (e) meaning. …