BLǼTAN
To BLEAT ⬩ balare ⬩ to cry as a sheep or goat, to bleat
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[blǽt a bleat] To BLEAT; balare Ic blǽte swá gát I bleat as a goat, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 17; Rä. 25, 2. Scǽp blǽt ovis balat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 9. Hit biþ swíðe dyslíc ðæt se man beorce oððe blǽte it is very foolish that the man bark or bleat,
blǽtan
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Blétid balatus (balat? ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 61. Blǽteð, 10, 79. Add
blátan
To be livid, pale, or dark as with envy ⬩ livere
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To be livid, pale, or dark as with envy; livere Hygewælmas teáh beorne on breóstum blátende níþ darkening [livid, pale] envy drew agitations of mind to the breast of the man, Cd. 47; Gen. 981
Linked entry: blátende
blǽdan
to blow
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to blow
blǽstan
to blow ⬩ rush
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to blow [v. N. E. D. blast], Similar entries v. á-blǽst. to move impetuously, rush [or is this a different verb blæstan? cf. O. H. Ger. blesten descendere; ana-blesten, p. -blasta ingruere, inruere : ar-blesten erumpere; ana-blast (-blást?) impetus]
Linked entry: on-blǽstan
-blǽta
blǽcan
To BLEACH, whiten, fade ⬩ pallidum colorem inducere, albicare
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To BLEACH, whiten, fade; pallidum colorem inducere, albicare Blǽced bleached, Exon. 107 b; Th. 410, 27; Rä. 29, 5. Ne mæg ne sunne blǽcan no sun can bleach, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 20: blǽcean, note 20
Linked entry: blǽc
blǽcan
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blǽt
A bleating, a BLEAT like a sheep ⬩ balatus
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A bleating, a BLEAT like a sheep; balatus
blǽt
is livid, thou art livid
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is livid, thou art livid; 3rd and 2nd pers. pres. of blátan
BLANDAN
To mix, BLEND, mingle ⬩ miscere
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To mix, BLEND, mingle; miscere Ic eom on góman gena swétra ðonne ðú beóbreád blénde mid hunige I am yet sweeter on the palate than if thou blendedst bee-bread with honey, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 21; Rä. 41, 59
Linked entries: be-blonden blondan
blǽwen
light blue ⬩ perseus
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light blue; perseus, Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 94; Wrt. Voc. 46, 51
blácian
To grow pale ⬩ pallere, pallescere
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[blác pallid, bleak, pale] To grow pale; pallere, pallescere Ic blácige palleo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 42: 35; Som. 38, 5. Ic onginne to blácigenne [blácienne MS. C.] pallesco, 35; Som. 38, 6. Onsýn blácaþ his face grows pale, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311,
blácian
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Ðá ongan hé cwacian and blácian (pallescere) and swǽtan, Gr. D. 325, 31: Hml. Th. i. 414, 12. Blácigende pallens, Hy. S. 24, 9. Add
blandan
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Blondu inficio, Txts. 71, 1138. Dele: 'p. bleónd, -e, -on', (cf. Icel. p. blett), and add
blandan
Similar entry: ge-blandan
bláwan
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to have wind blowing in it Seó dene wæs weallende mid lígum on ánre sídan, on óðre sídan mid hagole bláwende búton tóforlǽtennysse, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 9. 3. Add Bytte bláwan fulle windes. Hml. S. 34, 317
Linked entry: blǽd
BLÁWAN
To BLOW, breathe ⬩ flare, sufflare
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To BLOW, breathe; flare, sufflare. v. intrans Ge geseóþ súþan bláwan ye see the south [wind] blow, Lk. Bos. 12, 55. Ic bláwe flo, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 41. Wind wráðe bláweþ the wind fiercely blows, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 104; Met. 7, 52: Ps. Th. 147, 7. Blǽwþ
Linked entry: bláwung
bláwan
to blow ⬩ breathe ⬩ snort ⬩ pant ⬩ to blow ⬩ to flame ⬩ blaze ⬩ inflate
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Dele first passage, and add : intrans. of the wind Se wind hæfð mistlice naman on bócum; ðanon þe hé blǽwð him byð nama gesett, Lch. iii. 274, 12. Súþan bláwan to blow from the south, Lk. 12, 55. of living creatures, to blow, breathe Swá hwæt swá seó