Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

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bleó

(n.)

blue or azure colour ⬩ cæruleus

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blue or azure colour; cæruleus, Som

blét

(v.)
Grammar
blét, bléte, pl. bléton

was livid, pale

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was livid, pale; p. of blátan

blét

(v.)

sacrifices

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sacrifices; 3rd pers. pres. of blótan

blon

(v.; part.)
Grammar
blon, blonn

ceased ⬩ cessavit

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ceased; cessavit, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 15: 3, 20; S. 550, note 27; p. of blinnan

BLÓT

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓT, es; n.

A sacrifice ⬩ sacrificium

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A sacrifice; sacrificium He ealle ða cuman to blóte gedyde he gave all the strangers for a sacrifice, Ors. 1, 8; Bos. 31, 4. On blóte by sacrifice, L. C. S. 5; Th. i. 378, 21

Linked entry: blótung

blæd

(n.)

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

bleát

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Add:

blece

Similar entry: blǽce

bled

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Dele

blót

(n.)
Grammar
blót, (?)

itching

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itching Bloot proriginem, Hpt. 33, 251, 22

blece

(n.)
Grammar
blece, blæce. l.
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bléce

bóc-blæc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-blæc, es; n.

Ink

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Ink Þiós Dryhtnes ǽrendbóc ne wæs mid bóc*-*blece, ne mid nénigum eorþlicum andweorce áwriten, Wlfst. 225, 1

Linked entry: blæc

blæd

(n.)
Grammar
blæd, e; f.

A cup, bowl, goblet, vial ⬩ patera, phiala

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

blǽt

(n.)
Grammar
blǽt, es; m.

A bleating, a BLEAT like a sheep ⬩ balatus

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A bleating, a BLEAT like a sheep; balatus

blase

(n.)

a torch, lamp

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

BLEÁT

(adj.)
Grammar
BLEÁT, def. se bleáta, seó, ðæt bleáte; adj.

Wretched, miserable ⬩ miser, miserabilis ⬩ nudus ⬩ nudus ⬩ nudus ⬩ pauper, miser

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Wretched, miserable; miser, miserabilis Ǽnig ne wæs mon on moldan ðætte meahte bibúgan ðone bleátan drync deópan deáþwéges there was not any man on earth that could avoid the miserable drink of the deep death-cup, Exon. 47 a; Th. 161, 24; Gú. 963

bled

(n.)
Grammar
bled, e; f.

A bowl, the dish of a balance, a scale

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A bowl, the dish of a balance, a scale

blin

(n.)
Grammar
blin, blinn, e; f. [ = be-lin; v. linnan to cease]

A ceasing, rest, intermission ⬩ cessatio, intermissio

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A ceasing, rest, intermission; cessatio, intermissio Bútan blinne without ceasing; sine intermissione, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 20: Elen. Kmbl. 1648; El. 826

Linked entry: blinnende

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