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Anglo-Saxon

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BLÓT

(n.)
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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

blac

(adj.)

Similar entry: blæc

blæd

(n.)

a cup

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a cup. Dele

blǽt

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Dele

bleát

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blece

Similar entry: blǽce

blere

Grammar
blere, blerig.
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blǽc

(adj.)
Grammar
blǽc, adj.

Shining, pale, livid ⬩ lucidus, pallidus, lividus ⬩ to bleach

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Shining, pale, livid; lucidus, pallidus, lividus Ís brycgade blǽce brimráde the ice bridged the pale water road, Grn. An. 1264

Linked entries: blec æ-bléc

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

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

bleónd

(v.)
Grammar
bleónd, pl. bleóndon

mixed, blended

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mixed, blended; p. of blandan

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

-bléde

(suffix)

Similar entry: or-bléde

blin

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blis

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Blisse jubilationis, An. Ox. 2610. Þonne þǽr wæs blisse intingan (laetitiae causa) gedémed, þæt hí ealle sceoldon be hearpan singan, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 482, 16. Þú woldest mé laðian, þæt ic swíðor drunce swilce for blisse ofer mínum gewunan, Ælfc. T. Grn

blác

(adj.)
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Andwlitu geolwe blác ... reáde wan, Lch. ii. 348, 16-19. Add

blæd

Similar entry: eár-blæd

wudu-bléd

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-bléd, e; f.

A forest fruit

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A forest fruit Steám swéttra swæcca gehwylcum, wyrta blóstmum and wudublédum, Exon. Th. 358, 18 ; Pa. 47. Hé somnaþ wyrta wynsume and wudubléda colligit succos et odores divite silva, 211, 8 ; Ph. 194

gold-bleoh

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
gold-bleoh, n.
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Substitute: <b>gold-bleó, gold-bleóh;</b> adj. Gold-coloured

blíð

(adj.)
Grammar
blíð, = blíðe

sweet, pleasant ⬩ suavis, amœnus

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sweet, pleasant; suavis, amœnus Ðis ofet is swéte, blíð on breóstum this fruit is sweet, pleasant in the stomach, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 13; Gen. 656

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