blǽc
bright ⬩ pale
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Add: bright Lég onetteð blǽc, byrnende, Dóm. 56. Þæs deóres híw, blǽc brigda gehwæs, Pa. 26. pale Blaec thrustfeil bitiligo, Txts. 45, 296
blǽdre
That which is blown out ⬩ an inflated swelling, blister, pimple, blain, pustule ⬩ pustula, papula ⬩ the BLADDER, receptacle for the urine ⬩ vesica
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[bláwan to blow; flare] That which is blown out, hence an inflated swelling, blister, pimple, blain, pustule; pustula, papula Be ǽghwylcum uncúþum blǽdrum ðe on mannes nebbe sittaþ of all strange blisters which exist on a man's face, Herb. cont. 2, 19
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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
blæc
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black matter Deorces sótes blæc furvae fuliginis atramentum, An. Ox. 4159. Add:
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blæcce
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Black matter Speccan blæccan gefýlede scoriae atramento foedatos, An. Ox. 652
bláwere
Similar entry: horn-bláwere
blǽwen
light blue ⬩ perseus
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light blue; perseus, Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 94; Wrt. Voc. 46, 51
blasere
An incendiary
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An incendiary, L. Ath. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 13
bláwere
A BLOWER ⬩ conflator
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[bláwan to blow; flare] A BLOWER; conflator Ídel wæs se bláwere the blower was useless; frustra conflavit conflator, Past. 37, 3; Hat. MS. 50 a, 24
blǽdre
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Blédrae (-e) vessica, Txts. 106, 1077. Wið blǽdran sáre. . . sóna seó blǽdder tó sélran gehwyrfeð, Lch. i. 206, 12-15. Add
-blǽta
bláwere
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Add: Past. 269, 18
blæc
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Blac niger, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 31: 76, 83. Blac wíngeard brabasca, 30, 16. Blac purpur ferrugo, 40, 41. Hwæþer hé biþ ðe blac ðe hwít, Bt. 41, 4; F. 252, 11. Blacu rammes wul, Lch. i. 356, 11. Ꝥ deór wæs blæces heówes (atri coloris), Nar. 15, 17. Ðú ne
blǽt
is livid, thou art livid
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is livid, thou art livid; 3rd and 2nd pers. pres. of blátan
blæd
a cup
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a cup. Dele
blǽt
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Dele
bláte
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In first passage for Helle fýr, substitute Hit (Etna) óðra stówa
blǽc
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Bléc, Txts. 44, 139. Add
blǽ-hǽwen
Of a blue hue, bluish, violet or purple colour ⬩ cæruleus, perseus
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[bleó blue, hǽwen hued] Of a blue hue, bluish, violet or purple colour; cæruleus, perseus Moises scrídde ðone bisceop [Aaron] mid línenum reáfe, and girde hine, and dyde ymbe hine blǽhwene tunecan, and léde eaxlcláþ ofer hine Moses clothed the bishop
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bláte
Lividly, pallidly ⬩ livide, pallide
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Lividly, pallidly; livide, pallide Helle fýr bláte forbærnþ biteran lége the fire of hell lividly burns up with a dire [bitter] flame, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 107; Met. 8, 54. Ðæt fýr ne mæg foldan and merestreám bláte forbærnan the fire cannot pallidly burn