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blæd

(n.)
Grammar
blæd, e; f.

A cup, bowl, goblet, vialpatera, phiala

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A cup, bowl, goblet, vial; patera, phiala, Æthelfledæ Test. Lye

blase

(n.)

a torch, lamp

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a torch, lamp, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 54; Wrt. Voc. 26, 53

blǽt

(v.)
Grammar
blǽt, ðú blǽtst

is livid, thou art livid

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is livid, thou art livid; 3rd and 2nd pers. pres. of blátan

blǽc

(adj.)

brightpale

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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

(n.)
Grammar
blǽdre, blǽddre, an; f.

That which is blown outan inflated swelling, blister, pimple, blain, pustulepustula, papulathe BLADDER, receptacle for the urinevesica

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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

(n.)
Grammar
blǽt, es; m.

A bleating, a BLEAT like a sheepbalatus

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A bleating, a BLEAT like a sheep; balatus

blæc

(n.)
Grammar
blæc, ink.
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black matter Deorces sótes blæc furvae fuliginis atramentum, An. Ox. 4159. Add:

Linked entry: blæcce

blæstm

(n.)
Grammar
blæstm, es; m.
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Blast Þǽra líga blæstm, Verc. Först. 74, 7

blæsere

(n.)
Grammar
blæsere, blasere, blysiere, es; m.

A burner, incendiaryincendiarius

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[blæse I. a blaze, flame] A burner, incendiary; incendiarius Be blæserum of incendiaries, L. Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 18. We cwǽdon be ðám blaserum we have ordained concerning incendiaries, L. Ath. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 13

blæcce

(n.)
Grammar
blæcce, an; f.
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Black matter Speccan blæccan gefýlede scoriae atramento foedatos, An. Ox. 652

bláwere

Similar entry: horn-bláwere

blǽwen

(n.; adj.)

light blueperseus

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light blue; perseus, Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 94; Wrt. Voc. 46, 51

blasere

(n.)
Grammar
blasere, es; m.

An incendiary

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An incendiary, L. Ath. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 13

bláwere

(n.)
Grammar
bláwere, es; m.

A BLOWERconflator

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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

(suffix)
Grammar
-blǽta, (-e).

bláwere

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Add: Past. 269, 18

blæc

(adj.)
Grammar
blæc, blac black.
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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

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blǽst-belg

(n.)
Grammar
blǽst-belg, es; m.

Bellows

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Bellows Bloestbaelg sublatorium (= sufflatorium), Txts. 35, 28. Bléstbaelg follis, 64, 454. Blástbelg, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 80

blæd

(n.)

a cup

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a cup. Dele