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blót-orc

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ge-blót

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Bringan þone sélestan dǽl hiora gódra geara tó heora geblóte, Ors. 6, 21; S. 272, 26. Hé wæs blótende diófolgildum mid monslihtum . . . Eów mæg gescomian þæt gé swá heánlic geþóht sceoldon on eów geniman for ánes monnes ege and for ánes monnes geblóte

gold-bleoh

(n.)
Grammar
gold-bleoh, gen. -bleós; n.
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A golden colour; crisoletus, auricolor, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 89; Wrt. Voc. 34, 21

Linked entry: bleoh

blend-ness

(n.)
Grammar
blend-ness, e; f.

Blindness

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Blindness Blendnise cecitate, Rtl. 38, 9

blíð-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
blíð-heort, adj.

BLITHE of HEART, merry, joyfullætus corde, hilariskind of heart, mercifulbenignus corde, misericors

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BLITHE of HEART, merry, joyful; lætus corde, hilaris Hrefn blaca, blíðheort, bodode cuman beorhte sunnan the black raven, blithe of heart [merry], foretold, the coming of the bright sun, Beo. Th. 3608; B. 1802: Andr. Kmbl. 2526; An. 1264. Gefégon beornas

blíð-nes

(n.)
Grammar
blíð-nes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Joyfulness, enjoyment, a leaping for joy, exultation, mirthgaudium, exultatio, hilaritas

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Joyfulness, enjoyment, a leaping for joy, exultation, mirth; gaudium, exultatio, hilaritas Gif ðú nú atelan wilt ealle ða blíðnessa wið ðám unrótnessum if thou wilt now reckon all the enjoyments against the sorrows, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 22. On blíðnysse in

ge-bleód

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Gebliód reáf stragulam vestem, Kent. Gl. 1144. Add

helur-bledu

(n.)
Grammar
helur-bledu, e; f.

The scale of a balancelanx

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The scale of a balance; lanx, Cot. 26, Lye

Linked entries: heolra bledu bled

blǽd-belg

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd-belg, es; m.

Bellows

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Bellows Blǽdbylig follis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 16

Linked entries: blǽs-belg blǽst-belg

bleó-mete

(n.)
Grammar
bleó-mete, es; m.

A delicacy

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A delicacy Þú gegearwodest þé wiste and bleómettas tu tibi delicias praeparas, Gr. D. 99, 18

Linked entries: mete bleó-fæstnes

ful-blác

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-blác, adj. [blác >I. bright, shining]

Full brightvery brightprælūcĭdus

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Full bright, very bright; prælūcĭdus On fulblácne beám on the very bright tree, Exon. 116 b; Th. 449, 4; Dóm. 66

blǽ-hǽwen

(adj.)
Grammar
blǽ-hǽwen, blǽ-hwen, blǽwen; adj.

Of a blue hue, bluish, violet or purple colourcæruleus, 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

Linked entry: blǽwen

ge-blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-blǽd, es; m. [ge-, blǽd I. a blast, blowing]

A blowing out in the skinblistervēsīca in cŭte

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A blowing out in the skin, blister; vēsīca in cŭte

mægþ-blæd

Grammar
mægþ-blæd, <b>mægep-blæd,</b> es; n.

Pudendum muliebre

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Pudendum muliebre Mægeþblædd virginal, Germ. 400, 8. Leo 508, 9 says on this word &#39;Dieselbe Bedeutung hat Blatt noch in der deutschen Jägersprache: das Blatt einer Ricke, einer Hinde.&#39;

eár-blæd

(n.)
Grammar
eár-blæd, the blade of an ear of corn. v. er-bleadd
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in Dict

Linked entry: blæd

fér-blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
fér-blǽd, es; m. [fér- = fǽr-sudden, blǽd a blast]

A sudden or fearful blastrepentīnus flātus

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A sudden or fearful blast; repentīnus flātus Ic lǽran wille ðæt gé eówer hús gefæstnige, ðý-læs hit férblǽdum windas toweorpan I will exhort that ye make your house firm, lest winds overthrow it with sudden blasts, Exon. 75 a; Th. 281, 21; Jul. 649

Linked entry: fǽr-blǽd

gold-blóma

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Ger., as well as Goth. and Icel., have forms meaning 'bloom' corresponding to A. S. blóma, and the actual compound, golth-blómo = amellus occurs in O. L. Ger. (Gall. 117).

blinnan

Grammar
blinnan, [= be-linnan].

to cease

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Him ǽlc mennisc fultum blonn humanum cessabat auxilium, Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 38, 5. Blan se wind cessavit ventus, Mt. R. 14, 32

blódig-tóþ

(adj.)
Grammar
blódig-tóþ, adj.

Bloody-tooted, cruelcruentus dentibuscrudelis

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Bloody-tooted, cruel; cruentus dentibus, crudelis Bona blódigtóþ the bloody-toothed murderer, Beo. Th. 4170; B. 2082

Linked entry: -tóþ

BLÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLÓWAN, part. blówende; ic blówe, ðú blówest, bléwst, he blóweþ, bléwþ, pl. blówaþ; p. ic, he bleów, ðú bleówe, pl. bleówon; pp. blówen; v. n.

to BLOW, flourish, bloom, blossomflorere, efflorere, reflorereto be in full vigour or bloomto burst, blossom

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We say to blow as the wind, and to blow or blossom as a flower. v. bláwan