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- Bale, harm, evil, 163, 637; misery, 333; misfortune, 808.
- Balful, adj. full of evil, angry, 512; grievous, 714.
- Balfulli, cruelly, 598; Balfully, evilly, 775.
- Banke, bank, 144.
- Bannede, pl. cursed, 808.
- Bar, adj. bare, 6 ; Bare, 33.
- Baren, pt. pl. bore, 116. See Bere.
- Baþ, bath, 423.
- Be, v. p. to be, 103; pr. s. subj. may be, 68; whether (he) be, 418; whether (it) be, 867. See Ben.
- Ben we be, are, 33; ye are, 1012; they are, 200, 794, 1098. See Be.
- Bere, v. to bear, 619; 2 p. pr. s. Berest, nearest, 342; pr. s. Bereþ, he bears, 683; Bereþ him, conducts himself, 574; pt. pl. Baren, 116.
- Best, best, 224, 831, 1086; def. Beste, 260, 515.
- Best, beast, 300, 608; pl. Bestes, 105, 858; Bestus, beasts, cattle, 54, 163, 598, 619, 872; gen. pl. Bestene, of beasts, 611, 640.
- Bettere; þe bettere, the better, 404.
- Bettur, better, 315; Betture, 1001; Betur, 103, 934; Beture, 962.
- Be-wepe, ger. to lament, i. e. to be lamented over, 1108. See By-wepe.
- Bi, by, 325, 327; beside, 54, 144, 152; as regards, respecting, with regard to, 209, 550; By, 560.
- Bi for Be, ye are, 636.
- Bi, on error for Mi, my, 214. See Miȝht.
- Biclipth, pr. s. beclips, embraces, 489.
- Bidde, pr. pl. subj. may ask, 68; 1
p. pr. pi. we ask, 239; pr. s. Biddeþ, prays, 613.
- Bigat, pt. s. begat, 194; By-gat, 825, 1083.
- Biggede, pt. s. built, pitched, 144. Cf. Dan. bygge, to build.
- Bi-hoiden, ger. to behold, 46.
- Bi'hote, 1 p. s. pr. I promise, 227. A.S. behátan.
- Bibous, pr. s.' it behoves, 856.
- Bileue, belief, 272.
- Bi-reue, v. to deprive, bereave, 31; ger. rob, 82.
- Biseche, 1 p. s. pr. I beseech, 206.
- Bi-sette, pr. pl. employ, keep busy, 758. See Bi-setten in Alex. A. 437.
- Bi-side, prep. beside, 160, 341.
- Bi-þenke, v. to think about, 285; 2 p. pr. pl. ye consider, 782.
- Bitide, v. to happen, 700.
- Bi-ȝonde, prep, beyond, 145.
- Blasinge, blazing, 523.
- Blastus, blasts, 488.
- Ble, s. complexion, 411; appearance, brightness, 523. A.S. bleó, hue.
- Bled, pp. bled, 543.
- Blendeþ, pr. s. does away with, lit. blinds, 624; pr. pl.' Blenden, blind, 523. A.S. blendan, to
blind.
- Blessed, blessed, 624.
- Bliken, v. to shine, look bright, 411. A.S. blícan, to shine, blink.
- Blinne, v. to cease, 803. See Alex. A. 398.
- Blisse, joy, 541; dat. 330, 395, 1105; Blysse, 985.
- Bliþure, more blithe, 411. See Blyþe.
- Blod, blood, 611.
- Blysse, bliss, 985. See Blisse.
- Blyþe, adj. glad, happy, 624.
- Bochours, pl. butchers (Lat. text carnifices 750.
- Bodius, pl. bodies, 320; Bodies, 423. See below.
- Body, 644, 892 ; Bodi, 6. See above.
- Bold, bold, 127, 713; pl. Bolde, 992; def. Bolde, 147; voc. Bolde, 512. See Baldere.
- Boldus, pl. buildings, habitations, 437, 848, 852. A.S. bold, a dwelling; Grein.
- Bole, bull, 737.
- Bollere, s. lit. bowler, i. e. fond of the bowl, tippler, hard drinker, 675. See note.
- Bone, s. boon, petition, 602, 764, 1049; pl. Bonus, 68, 768.
