Bac,sb.== a crown. Wright’s L. P. p. 70. AS. beág
Back,sb.HD. 556
Backbite,v. a.Pol. S. 157. pret. ‘backbate.’ Ps. xxxvii. 21
Backbiter,sb.Rel. S. vii. 25
Bad,adj.RG. 108
Badly,adv.RG. 566
Baft,sb.== the hinder part. Ps. lxxvii. 66. AS. bæfta
Bag,sb.Pol. S. 150
Bagful,sb.St Swithin, 57
Bailiff,sb.RG. 473, 499. n. pl. ‘baylis’ RG. 129
Baillie,sb.== office, or duty. 202, 355 B.
—— == authority. Alys. 7532
Bait,v. a.(a bear). HD. 1840. ON. beita
Baker,sb.Rel. S. vii. 35
Balance,sb.== doubt. RG. 200
Bald,adj.[ballede]. RG. 377, 429
Baldelicker, == bolder. St Swithin, 69
Baldric,sb.== [baudry]. Alys. 4698. Fr. baldret. Lat. balteus
Bale,sb.== woe. HD. 327. AS. bealu
Baleful,adj.Wright’s L. P. p. 53
Bali, == belly.q. v.
Ball,sb.Fragm. Sci. 89
—— == head. Alys. 6481. Compare our modern slang ‘nob’
Balm,sb.[baum]. Wright’s L. P. p. 35
Baloynge, == smoothness? Wright’s L. P. p. 35. See Prompt. Parv. s. v. Balhew
Ban,sb.== message. RG. 188
—— == troop, army. O. and N. 390
——v. a.== levy, or raise an army. O. and N. 1666
Band,sb.== chain, bond. [bende], RG. 379
Bandon,sb.== dominion, authority. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. pl. bandons, == orders, commands. Alys. 3180
Baneur,sb.== ensign-bearer. RG. 361
Bank,sb.(of a river). Alys. 3495
Banker,sb.== cloth or covering for a bench. Ritson’s AS. viii. 69. Fr. banquier. See Prompt. Parv.s. v.and Way’s note there
Banner,sb.RG. 541, 542, 402
Banneret,sb.== a little banner. Alys. 5236
—— == knight-banneret. RG. 551
Baptize,v. a.RG. 86
Baptizing,sb.RG. 86
Bar,sb.HD. 1794
Barbary,sb.== foreign lands. Ps. cxiii. 1
Barbet,sb.== a hood, or muffler. Pol. S. 154
Barbican,sb.Alys. 1591. Fr. barbacan.Vid.Roq. s. v.; and see Phil. Soc. Proc. vol. iii. p. 156
Bare,sb.== tree. O. and N. 56. ON. Barr
Bare,adj.== naked. RG. 514
—— == mere, single. M. Ode, 70
—— == destitute, impoverished. RG. 511, 388
Barefoot,adj.RG. 434
Baret,sb.== quarrel. O. and N. 408. HD. 1932. ON. baratta
Barge,sb.Alys. 852
Bark,v. n.Alys. 1935
Barking,sb.Alys. 4966
Barm,sb.== yeast. Rel. S. vii. 30. AS. bearme
Barm, == bosom. K. Horn. 728. AS. bearm
Barman,sb.== kitchen-porter. HD. 868. See ‘bermannen,’ in Gloss. to Laȝ.
Barmhatres, == breast-cloths. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. AS. bearm, hæter
Barn,sb.RG. 496
Baron,sb.RG. 369, 511
Baronage,sb.[barnage]. HD. 2947
Barony,sb.== estate of a baron. RG. 479
—— == order of barons. RG. 535
Barrel,sb.Alys. 28
Barrow,sb.== wheel cart. 899 B.
Baru,sb.== a gelt boar. RG. 207
Basilisk,sb.== a kind of serpent. Ps. xc. 13
Basin,sb.== helmet. Pol. S. 189. Alys. 2333. Fr. bacinet
Basnet,sb.== a light helmet. Alys. 2234
Bast, == bastard. RG. 431, 516. Always preceded by ‘a’
Bastard,adj.RG. 412
Baston,sb.== a kind of verse. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Bat,sb.== club. Alys. 78
Batchelor,sb.RG. 453
Batchelry,sb.== order of batchelors, the youth. RG. 76
—— == prowess. RG. 192
Bate,v. a.== make to abate, put an end to. Body and Soul, 167
Bath,sb.RG. 7
Bathe,v. a.Alys. 2708
——v. n.Rel. S. v. 210
Battailing,sb.== fighting. Alys. 100
Battailer, [batelur],sb.== warrior. Alys. 1433
Battle,sb.RG. 369, 514
Baudekyn,sb.== a stuff made of silk and gold, so called from Bagdad, Ital. Baldacco, where it was made. Alys. 202
Bawmed, == embalmed. Alys. 4670
Bay,v. a.== listen to, render fortunate. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. Fr. bayer. Vid. Roq.
——v. a.== to bait (a boar), pret. ‘bede.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 27
——sb.== baiting, ‘bay of bor.’ Alys. 4376
Bay, == boy. Alys. 4376
Be,v. n.402 B. [beo], 403 B. [beon], 404 B. [bon], O. and N. 262. [ben], Wright’s L. P. p. 24. [buen], ib. p. 25
——pres. ind.1 s. ‘am.’ O. and N. 276
2 s. ‘art.’ O. and N. 561. ‘is.’ Ps. 1. 63 s. ‘is.’ O. and N. 570. ‘esse.’ Ps. xci. 16. ‘bes.’ Ps. cxlvi. 10; cxxvii. 21 pl. ‘buen.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 253 pl. ‘aren.’ Wright’s L. P. pp. 34, 22; ‘both.’ O. and N. 568. ‘beth.’ RG 368. ‘beoth.’ 411 B.
2 s. ‘art.’ O. and N. 561. ‘is.’ Ps. 1. 6
3 s. ‘is.’ O. and N. 570. ‘esse.’ Ps. xci. 16. ‘bes.’ Ps. cxlvi. 10; cxxvii. 2
1 pl. ‘buen.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 25
3 pl. ‘aren.’ Wright’s L. P. pp. 34, 22; ‘both.’ O. and N. 568. ‘beth.’ RG 368. ‘beoth.’ 411 B.
——pres. subj.2 s. ‘bo.’ O. and N. 566
3 s. ‘bo.’ O. and N. 1376. ‘beo.’ O. and N. 15313 pl. ‘be.’ RG. 369. ‘bo.’ O. and N. 567
3 s. ‘bo.’ O. and N. 1376. ‘beo.’ O. and N. 1531
3 pl. ‘be.’ RG. 369. ‘bo.’ O. and N. 567
——pret. ind.1 s. ‘wes.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 97
3 s. ‘wes.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 25. ‘was.’ RG. 3743 pl. ‘were.’ Rel. S. v. 178
3 s. ‘wes.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 25. ‘was.’ RG. 374
3 pl. ‘were.’ Rel. S. v. 178
——pret. subj.2 s. ‘were.’ O. and N. 1312
3 s. ‘were.’ O. and N. 12993 pl. ‘were.’ RG. 374
3 s. ‘were.’ O. and N. 1299
3 pl. ‘were.’ RG. 374
——imper. sing.‘be.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 97
——part.‘ibeo.’ 434 B.
Beadle,sb.HD. 266. [budel.] Wright’s L. P. p. 22. pl. ‘bedeles.’ 987 B. AS. bydel
Beam,sb.RG. 288
Bean,sb.RG. 497
Bear,sb.(the animal). HD. 573
Bear,v. n.== incline towards. 362 B.
Bear,v. a.== carry. RG. 375. pret. ‘bar.’ 224 B.
—— == pay, render. RG. 378
—— == produce (as fruit). RG. 352
—— == bring forth a child, part. ‘i-bore.’ RG. 516. O. and N. 716
Beard,sb.611 β
Bearing,sb.== birth. Alys. 636
Beast,sb.RG. 375, 376
Beat,v. a.HD. 2763. RG. 453. 3 pl. pret. ‘beoten.’ St Andr. 69. part. ‘bete’ == beaten, of gold. Wright’s L. P. p. 35
Beauty,sb.[bealté]. Wright’s L. P. p. 53
Beaver,sb.M. Ode, 182
Bebled, == covered with blood. Alys. 3813
Beck,sb.== brook. Ritson’s AS. viii. 63 AS. becc. Germ. bach
Beck,v. n.== beckon. Ps. xxxiv. 19
Beckon, [bocken]v. n.Pol. S. 149. AS. bécnan
Beclip,v. a.== embrace. RG. 469. Alys. 7416. AS. beclyppan
Becoll,v. a.== blacken. pret. ‘becolmede.’ K. Horn, 1096. AS. col
Become,v. n.== come into existence. RG. 15
—— == suit a person, with ‘to.’ RG. 36
Bed,sb.RG. 377
—— == bedfellow. O. and N. 1498
Bed,v. a.HD. 1237
Bedag,v. a.== bedew with mud; part. ‘bydagged.’ Alys. 5485. ON. dögg. Sw dagg. == dew. Not connected with ‘dagged’ == cut into slips; vandyked, as applied to clothing, which comes from AS. dág
Bede,v. a.== pray. RG. 547. 2 s. pres. ‘byst.’ RG. 337. 3 s. ‘bit.’ O. and N. 571. 3 pl. pret. ‘baden.’ Ps. cv. 19
—— == offer. Ps. lxxi. 10
——sb.== prayer. RG. 571
Bedgang,sb.== going to bed. Ps. liv. 3
Bedsister,sb.== concubine. RG. 27
Bedyner,sb.== servant, officer. Wright’s L. P. p. 49. Germ. bedienen
Bee,sb.Ps. cxvii. 12
Beech,sb.Alys. 5242. [breche]. O. and N. 14? Compare for the insertion or omission of ther, AS. ‘spræcan,’ Engl. ‘speak,’ ‘gin’ and ‘grin’ or ‘grinew,’ ‘groom’ and AS. ‘guma’
Beef,sb.Alys. 5248
Beer,sb.[bor], O. and N. 1009
Befal,v. n.pret. ‘bivel.’ RG. 556
Before,prep.—of place. RG. 443
——adv.—of time. RG. 443. [biforen] Wright’s L. P. p. 24
—— == foreward, onward. O. and N. 774
Beget,v. a.== obtain. O. and N. 726. RG. 516
—— == procreate. RG. 516. part. ‘byȝyte.’ RG. 388
Begetting,sb.Alys. 6866
Beggar,sb.Body and Soul, 139
Begin,v. n.RG. 380
Beginning,sb.RG. 384
—— == (of a country.) RG. 399
Begon,part.== adorned, or covered with. Ritson’s AS. viii. 35. Cf. ‘woebegone’
Begrown,part.[bi-growe]. O. and N. 27
Beguile,v. a.K. Horn, 328
Beh.See Bow,vb.
Behalve,v. a.== divide into two parts. HD. 1834
Behead,v. a.Pol. S. 213
Behest,sb.RG. 231
Behind,prep.O. and N. 594
——adv.RG. 395
Behind,sb.== rump. O. and N. 596
Behold,v. a.== hold in the hand. O. and N. 1323
——v. n.== look up. RG. 395; have regard. Ps. v. 3
——v. a.Wright’s L. P. p. 86
Behoof,sb.RG. 348. [byefþe], ib. 354
Behote,sb.== vow. Ps. cxv. 14
Behave,v. n.== RG. 177. Ps. cxiv. 18
Beigh,sb.== ring. Alys. 1572. AS. beág
Beigh,v. a.== bow, bend. Alys. 4373
Being,sb.== condition. Alys. 223
Beknow,v. a.== make known. Alys. 7472
—— == know thoroughly. Rel. S. i. 31
Belde,v. a.== protect? Wright’s L. P. p. 24
Belie,v. a.O. and N. 837
Belay,v. a.== besiege. RG. 519
Belief,sb.== religious faith. RG. 73
Believe,v. n.RG. 229
Belive, orBlive, == quickly. RG. 50. SS. ‘bilife.’ Cf. Dan. ‘oplive,’ == to quicken, enliven, and the two senses of our Eng. ‘quick’
Bell,sb.RG. 509, 541
Belly,sb.[bali]. Rel. S. v. 83
Bellows,sb.[bulies]. 467 β
Belock,v. a.== lock up. 3 s. pres. ‘bi-luth.’ O. and N. 1555. pret. ‘bi-leck.’ O. and N. 1079. part. ‘bi-loken.’ Rel. S. vii. 68
Beme,sb.== trumpet. Wright’s L. P. p. 25. AS. béme
Bemoan,v. a.[bimene]. RG. 490
Bemoaning,sb.[bymening] == complaint. Alys. 534
Bemothered, == confused, perplexed. Pol. S. 158. Cf. Engl. prov. to ‘mither’ == to bother, perplex (theiis pronounced long). Probably connected with AS. méde == weary; Dutch, moeden
Bench,sb.Body and Soul, 153. [bink]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 69
Bend,v. a.RG. 377, 536
Bende,sb.== bond. RG. 379
Bene,sb.== prayer. Wright’s L. P. p. 58. AS. bén
Beneath,prep.O. and N. 910
——adv.RG. 258, 491
—— [bi nither] == beyond, without. HD. 2025
Benim,v. a.== take away. RG. 375, 405, 443
Benison,sb.HD. 1723
Bequeath,v. a.RG. 301
Bequest,sb.[byquide]. RG. 384
Berain,v. n.K. Horn. 11
Berand,sb.== singing, sounding. Ps. xxvi. 6. See Bere
Bere,sb.== sound, voice. Alys. 550. O. and N. 923. [ibere]. O. and N. 222. SS. ibere. Laȝ. iii. 25
Bereave,v. a.Wright’s L. P. p. 101
Berfreyes,sb.== towers used in sieges, belfries. Alys. 2777
Berihed, == saved. Creed 63. Ps. xxvii. 9. AS. berigea, beorgan
Beryhing,sb.== protection. Ps. xxvii. 8
Berip,v. a.== strip (fruit off a tree). Ps. lxxix. 13
Bern,sb.== child. Wright’s L. P. pp. 23, 58
Berne,v. a.== injure? K. Horn, 710
Berun,part.== overflowed (with tears). K. Horn, 670
Berwen,v. a.== defend, protect. HD. 697 2022. AS. beorgan.
Beryl,sb.Wright’s L. P. p. 25
Beryng,sb.== bosom. Alys. 484. ON. bringa
Beryng,sb.== burying,q. v.
Besee,v. a.== provide for, see to. RG. 393, 505. Ps. v. 2; treat, 3 pl. pret. ‘bysayen.’ Alys. 4605
Beseech,v. a.RG. 480. 3 s. pres. ‘bi-sehth.’ O. and N. 1437
Beseeching,sb.Ps. cxviii. 159. Wright’s L. P. p. 95
Beseem,v. a.== make to appear seemly or probable, in part. O. and N. 840
Besekandlik, == able to be besought, propitious. Ps. cxxxiv. 14
Beset,v. a.RG. 387
Beshine,v. n.K. Horn, 12
——v. a.Fragm. Sci. 18
Beshit,v. a.— part. ‘bishiten.’ Alys. 5485
Beshrew,v. a.== curse. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211
Beside,prep.of place, ‘a toun biside Wircetre.’ RG. 558
——adv.of place, ‘ther biside.’ RG. 558
Beside, == in addition to. RG. 92
Besiege,v. a.RG. 387
Besmut,v. a.== defile. Ps. liv. 21
Bespeak,v. a.== speak against a thing. RG. 524, 550. AS. be-spræcan
—— == agree upon a thing. O. and N. 1736
Besprinkle,v. a.RG. 128
Best,adj.RG. 370, 504
Bestead,part.[bistad] == happened. Wright’s L. P. p. 41
Bestir,v. a.Alys. 3079
Bestrew,v. a.—part, ‘bistrete.’ RG. 561
Bestride,v. a.HD. 2060. Alys. 706
Beswike,v. a.== deceive. Wright’s L. P. p. 45. AS. be-swícan
Bet,adj.== better. RG. 375, 546
Bet,v. a.== lay a wager, part. ‘y-bate.’ Pol.
Bet of berne, == probably ‘in labour with child.’ Marg. 53, 71. AS. beátan?
Betake,v. a.== take. RG. 526
—— == give in charge to a person, i.e. cause another to take. RG. 201, 354; so ‘was bitake four erles,’ == was given in charge ‘to four earls.’ RG. 523; see p. 301. Hence == commend to a person, RG. 475; ‘hand over to another,’ HD. 203. AS. be-tæcan
Betaught, [bi-tahte] == taught. Rel. S. v. 124
Bete,v. a.lit. == ‘make better;’ hence, ‘heal,’ ‘save.’ Marg. 68
—— == ‘recompense,’ ‘make amends for.’ RG. 369. AS. bétan
Bete,part.== beaten. Vid. Beat
Beten, [y-beten] == overlaid, covered, as with silk, gold, &c. Alys. 1034, 1518
Beth, Beoth, &c.See Be
Bethink,v. a.== ‘to bethink oneself’ of a thing. RG. 368, 458
Betide,v. n.== happen. RG. 418, 14
Betime,adv.K. Horn, 995
Betoken,v. a.RG. 152
Betokening,sb.RG. 560
Betray,v. a.RG. 135
Better,adj.RG. 367, 422
——v. n.== get the better. Ps xii. 5
Betterness,sb.Ps. li. 5
Between,prep.RG. 371, 513
Betwixt,prep.[bi-tuxen]. O. and N. 1745
Beverage,sb.== drink. RG. 26
—— == reward, consequence. RG. 299
Bewail,v. a.Alys. 4395
Beware,v. n.RG. 547
Beweep,v. a.O. and N. 972
Bewind,v. a.== entwine. part. ‘bewound.’ Christ on the Cross, 3
Bewray,v. a.== betray [by-wrye]. Alys. 4377. pret. ‘bi-wro.’ O. and N. 673. AS. wrégan.
Beyen, == are? Wright’s L. P. p. 32
Beyond,prep.RG. 368, 420
Beyre, == of both, gen. pl. RG. 388, 398
Bezant,sb.== a piece of money. RG. 409. From Byzantium, or Constantinople, where they were originally used
Bible,sb.Rel. Ant. ii. p. 174
Bicast,v. a.== cast over, cover. 92 β
Bicatch,v. a.== deceive, ensnare. Alys. 258. K. Horn, 318
Bicharred,part.== deceived. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211; M. Ode, 160. AS. becýrran
Bicherme,v. a.== chirp about or around. O. and N. 279. AS. cyrm
Bick,v. n.== fight. Alys. 2337
Bicker,v. n.== quarrel. RG. 540. Fr. becquer. W. bicra == to fight
Bicker,sb.== a quarrel, contention, battle. RG. 538, 543
Biclipe, Biclupe,v. a.== accuse. 365 B.
—— == appeal. RG. 473
Biclose,v. a.== enclose. RG. 558, 218
Bid,v. a.== ask. RG. 77. 3 pl. pret. ‘badden.’ Alys. 5823. See ‘bede’
—— == command. RG. 29. pret. ‘bad.’ 683 B. part. ‘y-bede.’ RG. 383. AS. biddan
Bid,v. a.== offer, pret. ‘bode.’ RG. 379. ‘beod’? O. and N. 1435. AS. beódan
Bid,sb.== asking, demand. Pol. S. 149
Bidding,sb.== demand, request. Pol. S. 150
Bide,v. n.== remain. Pol. S. 204
Bidene,adv.== presently. Ps. l. 4; ciii. 30
Bidelve,v. a.== bury. Rel. Ant. i. 116
Bidone,part.== ‘bidun in grave.’ Body and Soul, 97
Bier,sb.128 B.
Bieren,sb.== a man. Ps. cxxvi. 5; cxxxix. 2. AS. beorn
Biflette,v. n.== flow past. K. Horn, 1457
Bifluen,v. a.== flee from. M. Ode, 77
Big,v. a.== build. Ps. xxvii. 5. AS. byggen. ON. byggja
Bigabbed,part.== deceived. Lit. ‘talked over.’ RG. 458. AS. gabban
Bigate,sb.== booty. Alys. 2138
Biggand,sb.== a builder. Ps. cxvii. 22
Biglide,v. n.Wright’s L. P. p. 87
Bigrede,v. a.== lament. Alys. 5175. AS. grædan.
—— == call to. O. and N. 279
Bihaite,v. a.== behold? O. and N. 1320. AS. behawian. Or, possibly, == observe, regard. AS. hedan. Germ, behüten. See Gloss. Rem. on Laȝ. iii. 457
Bihalves,adv.== aside. St Kath. 13
Bihede,v. a.== regard. O. and N. 635
Bihemmen,v. a.== cover, cloak. O. and N. 672
Bihepe,part.== heaped up. O. and N. 360
Bihete,v. a.== promise, pret. ‘bihet.’ RG. 381. ‘byheyghte.’ Alys. 3926
Bihoting,sb.== promise. Alys. 4000
Bike,sb.== cassia. Ps. xliv. 9. Literally ‘pitch.’ ON. bik
Bilace,part.== beset. Alys. 3357
Bilaue.See Bileve
Bilaucte.See Bilou
Bilede,v. a.== lead about. Pol. S. 155. O. and N. 68
Bilegge,v. a.== assert, allege. O. and N. 672
Bileve,v. a.== leave. RG. 421
——v. n.== remain. RG. 372, 374. [bilaue]. Alys. 3541
Biliked,part.== rendered likely or probable. O. and N. 840
Bilime,v. a.== to mutilate. RG. 471, 560
Bilimp,v. n.== happen. M. Ode, st. 59 AS. belimpan
Bill,sb.(of a bird). O. and N. 79
—— == hatchet. Pol. S. 151
Bilou,pret.== laughed at. RG. 328. [bylaucte]. K. Horn, 681. [by lowe], RG. 299. [by lowȝ]. RG. 64
Bimong,prep.== among. Wright’s L. P. p. 35
Bind,v. a.Wright’s L. P. p. 45. part. ‘ibounde.’ RG. 487
Binder,sb.HD. 2050
Binding,sb.== chain. Ps. cxxiv. 5
Bink,sb.See Bench
Bipahte,pret.== deceived. Rel. S. v. 128. AS. be-pæcan
Birade,v. a.== counsel. Alys. 3732
Birch,sb.== the tree. Alys. 5242
Bird,sb.RG. 177
Birde,sb.== lady. HD. 2760. A metathesis of ‘bride’
Birst, == bruised. Body and Soul, 86. AS. berstan.
Birth,sb.== nation. Ps. lxxviii. 10
Birthman,sb.== man of good birth. HD. 2101
Birthtime,sb.[burtyme]. RG. 9, 443
Birue,v. a.== rue, repent. Fragm. Sci. 325
Bis,sb.== purple. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Fr. bis. Lat. byssus
Bisay,v. a.== recommend, say. RG. 422
Bisayen, == treated. See Besee.
Bischriche,v. a.== shriek at. O. and N. 67
Biscunien,v. a.== shun. M. Ode, 77
Bise,sb.== north wind. HD. 724. OHG. bísa
Bisend,v. a.== send after. RG. 491
Bishop,sb.RG. 376
Bishopric.RG. 414, 417
Bismere,sb.== blasphemy. Body and Soul, 110. [busemere]. RG. 12, 379. AS. bismér
Bisne,adj.== blind. O. and N. 78. AS. bisen
Bisoht, == sought out, got ready for. Pol. S. 220
Bisokne,sb.== beseeching. RG. 495
Bispel,sb.== proverb. O. and N. 127. AS. bispel
Bistad,sb.== a dwelling. Wright’s L. P. p. 38
Bistand,v. a.== stand by a person; hence, to press or urge them. O. and N. 1436
Bistolen,part.== stolen, crept onwards. M. Ode, 9
Bisyhed, == the state of being busy. Alys. 3
Bit,sb.== a morsel. RG. 207
Bit,sb.== bottle. Ps. lxxvii. 13. [bite]. Body and Soul, 34. AS. bitte
Bitch,sb.Alys. 5394
Bite,v. a.Alys. 5435
Bite,sb.Alys. 5436
Bite,v. a.== drink. HD. 1731. Cf. bohem. ‘piti,’ potus; ‘pitka,’ potatio, &c. Gr. πίνω
Bitell,v. a.== excuse. O. and N. 263
Bitiȝt, == arrayed. O. and N. 1011. AS. biþæht. See Gloss. to Laȝ. s. v.
Bitoȝe, == employed. O. and N. 702. AS. biteon. See Gloss. to Laȝ. s. v.
Bitter,adj.Wright’s L. P. p. 87
Biturn,v. a.== turn. RG. 210
Bituxen.See Betwixt.
Biwene,v. a.== discover, recognize. O. and N. 1507
Biwente,vb.—‘hire bi-wente.’ == turned her about. K. Horn, 329. In pass. ‘þai bewent’ == let them be turned back. Ps. vi. 11. AS. wendan
Biwere,v. a.== protect. O. and N. 1124. AS. bewerian
Biweved, == covered. RG. 338.
—— == woven? Alys. 1085
Biwin,v. a.== win. RG. 75, 420
Biwit,adv.== out of one’s wits. RG. 528
Biwite,v. a.== defend. Rel. S. v. 252. AS. bewitan
—— == know? Alys. 5203
Biwrye,v. a.== cover. Alys. 6453. AS. wreon.
Black,adj.RG. 433, 522
Blacken,v. n.== become angry. HD. 2165
Blame,v. a.RG. 163
——sb.RG 272, 432
Blandishing,sb.== blandishments. St Kath. 164
Blanis ?Alys. 6292
Blanket,sb.1167 B. Fr. blanchet
Blast,v. n.== blow, puff. Alys. 5349
Blast,sb.Fragm. Sci. 190. Ps. cxlviii. 8
Blaze,sb.1254 HD. AS. blǽse, blýsan
Blear,v. n.== become bleareyed. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211
Bleat,v. n.Ps. lxiv. 14
Bled,blete,sb.== foliage. O. and N. 1040, 57. AS. blæd
Bleed,v. n.RG. 560
Bleike,adj.== pale. HD. 470. AS. blác. ON. bleikr
Blench,sb.== a trick? O. and N. 378. ON. blekkja
Blench,v. n.== avoid (a thing). O. and N. 170
—— == flinch from [blinche]. 2184 B.
—— == deceive. Ritson’s AS. viii. 23
—— == give way? (of a ship) K. Horn, 1461. Another form of ‘flinch.’ AS. blinnan
Bleo,sb.== hue, complexion. O. and N. 152. Wright’s L. P. p. 35. AS. bleo
Bless,v. a.RG. 406
Blessing,sb.RG. 421
Blete,adj.== bleak? O. and N. 616
Blete,sb.See Bled
Blike,v. n.== shine. Wright’s L. P. p. 52 AS. blícan
Blinch.See Blench
Blind,adj.RG. 376, 407
——v. n.== become blind. Rel. Ant, ii. p. 211
Blink,sb.‘to make blinks,’ == deride a person. HD. 307. See Blench, sb.
Blin,v. n.== cease. RG. 566. pret. ‘blenyte.’ RG. 338. AS. blinnan
Bliss,sb.RG. 469
Blissful,adj.Wright’s L. P. p. 52
Blissfully,adv.Ps. xcvi. 1
Blithe,adj.RG. 15
Blithely,adv.89 β
Blitheful.Ps. cxi. 5
Blive,adv.== quickly. RG. 544. See Belive
Blode,adj.== pale, dried up. Rel. Ant ii. p. 210. Germ. blöde
Blood,sb.RG. 388, 416
Bloody,adj.RG. 304, 311
Bloom,sb.HD 63
Bloom,v. n.Ps. xxvii. 7
Blote,adj.== dried. Rel. Ant. ii. p 176
Bloute,v. n.== swell out? HD. 1910. ON. blautr. Eng. bloat
Blow,v. a.== as ‘blow the fire.’ HD. 385. Alys. 5030
——v. n.pret. ‘blew.’ 524 β
Blow,vb. n.part. ‘blowe,’ == blown, in blossom. O. and N. 1634
Blowing,sb.467 β
Blue,adj.[blo]. Wright’s L. P. p. 86
Bo, == be. O. and N. 166, et passim. See Be
Bo, == both.q. v.
Boar,sb.RG. 133
Board,sb.== table. 122 β.; plank. Alys. 6415
Boast,sb.RG. 258. pomp. St Swithin, 43
Boast,v. n.Alys. 2597
Boasty,adj.== boastful. Fragm. Sci. 283
Bobance,sb.== boasting. Pol. S. 189 Fr. bobance
Bochevampe, (sic in MS.). == botched vamps or fronts of shoes. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Bode,sb.== commandment. Ps. cxviii. 134, 128, et passim
Bode,v. a.== foretell. O. and N. 530
Boded ?Pol. S. 152
Boding,sb.RG. 416, 428
Bodeword,sb.== message. Ps. ii. 6
Body,sb.RG. 395, 547
Boffing, == swelling or puffing. RG. 414. Fr. buffer, to puff the cheeks
Boistous,adj.== coarse, rude. Alys. 5660. [boustes] Fragm. Sci. 273
Bold,sb.== a building. RG. 44. AS. bold
Bold,v. a.== embolden. Alys. 2468. [bald]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 128
——adj.RG. 383. ‘bolder.’ RG. 465
Boldhede, == boldness. O. and N. 514
Boldly,adv.RG. 500, 19
Boleax,sb.== large axe. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. ON. bolöxi
Bolken,v. n.== belch. Ps. cxliii. 13
Bollen, == swollen. Body and Soul, 31. ‘ibolȝe.’ O. and N. 145
Bolster,sb.Rel. S. v. 90
Bolt,sb.‘ȝoure bolt is sone ischote.’ St Kath. 54
Bonde,sb.== bondman. Pol. S. 150
Bondman.RG. 370. HD. 32
Bone,sb.== os. RG. 446
Bone,sb.== prayer. RG. 14. AS. bén. SS. bone
Boned, [y-boned] == having bones. RG. 414
Bonére,adj.== debonair, graceful. Alys. 6732
Bonny,adj.Alys. 3903
Book,sb.RG. 374, 420
Boot,sb.== use, avail. Body and Soul, 92
—— == remedy, means (bote). RG. 277, 408. Pilate, 139
Booth,sb.Alys. 3457
Booze,sb.[bous] == drink. Wright’s L. P. p. 111. Dutch, buysen
Booze,v. n.== drink. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Bord,sb.== border. Alys. 1270
Borough,sb.[boru]. RG. 72
Borow,v. a.== defend. Wright’s L. P. pp. 24, 25. part. ‘iborȝe,’ O. and N. 881
Borow,sb.== surety. RG. 472, 497
Borrow,v. a.RG. 393
Borstax,sb.== pick-axe. Pol. S. 151
Bosk,sb.== wood. RG. 547. Fr. bos, bosche
Boss,sb.== an ornament of dress. Pol. S. 154. Fr. bosse
Bote,sb.See Boot
Botemay,sb.== bitumen. Alys. 4763
Botfork,sb.== a crooked stick. Wright’s L. P. p. 110
Both,adj.RG. 376, 445. ‘both two.’ Body and Soul, 120. [bo]. Wright’s L. P. p. 58
Both, == are. See Be
In O. and N. 630, 633, the meaning of ‘both’ is uncertain; perhaps a mistake for ‘doth’
In O. and N. 630, 633, the meaning of ‘both’ is uncertain; perhaps a mistake for ‘doth’
Botheler,sb.== peasant, shepherd. Body and Soul, 144; from ‘booth’?
Boting,sb.== recompense. Alys. 5711
Bough,sb.[bowe]. RG. 283. [boye], O. and N. 15
Bouk,sb.== body. Alys. 3946. [buc], O. and N. 1130. AS. búce. Germ. bauch
Bouked,adj.== protuberant. Alys. 6265
Boulder,sb.== a large stone. HD. 1790
Boun,adj.== ready. Wright’s L. P. p. 100. Ritson’s AS. viii. 149. ON. búinn.
Bound,sb.== boundary. Alys. 5593
Bouning, == making ready. Wright’s L. P. p. 25
Bout,sb.== apparently some female ornament for the face. Pol. S. 154
Bow,sb.RG. 377, 541
Bow,v. a.== bend. pret. ‘buyede.’ RG. 475. ‘beh.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 54. ‘bed,’ 2127 B.
——v. n.== bow or bend. Wright’s L. P. p. 70. AS. búgan.
Bowels,sb.Pol. S. 213. Alys. 4668. For the etymology of this word, see Phil. Soc. Trans. for 1856, p. 36
Bower,sb.HD. 2072. Wright’s L. P. p. 114. AS. búr.
Bowermaiden,sb.== Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Bowiar,sb.== bow-maker. RG. 541
Bowl,sb.K. Horn, 1155
Bowman,sb.RG. 378
Bowshot,sb.Alys. 3491
Box,sb.RG. 456
Boy,sb.Pol. S. 237
Boy, == man. HD. 1899
Brag,adj.== boastful, bold. Wright’s L. P. p. 24
Braid,vb.The following analysis of this difficult verb is taken from Egilson’s Lex. Poet. Septent. s. v. bregða. All the senses here given are found in the O. Norse, while the AS. ‘bredan’ apparently is only used in those marked with an asterisk.