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GL0S3ABIAL INDEX, AND INDEX OF NAMES, 337
(Blode), 1966; Blod (Bliide),
kindred, 2739. See Elude.
Blonk,s. horse, 749* 758*. (Blonke),
122->, 2172; Blonke (Blonk),767,
928; (Blonnke),2074; (Blonkez),
p^. horses, 791,821*; (Blonnkes),
1247; Bloukis (Blonkes), 886,
2057. Orig. a ivliite horse.
BloJ'irs (Blothers), pr. s. gurgles,
rattles, 970. Cf. hloherond, bubbling,
gurgling, in the Troy-
Book, 1. 9462 ;
and see blather in
Halliwell.
Blude (Blode), s. blood, 2048; race,
2418. See Blode.
Blyckenand, part. pres. glittering,
604. See hhjknen, to glitter, in
Ailit. Poems, ed. Morris.
Blyn, V. cease, 2737 ;
Blynnes, pr. s.
4160 ; Blynes, imp. pil. desist,
leave oflF, 4011 ;
BIyns, cease,
5365. See Blin, Blan.
Blyndid, pt. pi. blinded, 3283.
(Blysse), s. prosperity, 1827. See
Blis.
Blyssis, pr. s. looks, 789*. See
Blisch.
Blyth, adv. blithely, gladly, 3768.
Blythly, adv. gladly, 789* 3502.
Bobance, s. arrogance, vanity, presumption,
boasting, 2500 ; Bobans,
4252 ;
(Bobas,/or Bobans), 2016.
^^ Bobance, insolencie, surquedrie,
proud or presumptuous boasting
" ; Cotgrave.
Bobb, s. bunch, cluster, 4777 ; Bobis,
7)Z. 2852; (Bobbez), 2851. Lowl.
Sc. bob, a bunch. Cf. 'a bob of
grapys ; ' Cath. Anglicum.
Bocifalon, Bucephalus, 3613 ; Bocifilas
(Bucifolon), 767.
Bode ; see Bade.
Bode, s. command, message, 534,
2805, 3137. A.S. bod.
Bodely, adj. bodily, 4289.
Bodword,s. message, 48, 1458 (Bodworde),
1489. See Bode.
Body, 8. body, 1127, 1548; Bodi,
224; (Body), 870, 894, 1482;
Bode, 192; Bode (Body), body,
person, 2441; Bodis, ^J^. 3903;
(Bodes), 2476.
Boghe, 8. bough, 4982.
Boke,s. book, 597, 625; (Buk), 1207.
ALEXANDER.
Bole, s. trunk (of a tree), 5015;
Boles, pi. trunks (of trees), 5002 ;
Bolis (Bulesse), pi. boles, trunks,
2851. Bulesse in Dub. can hardly
mean 'bullaces.' Cf. Icel. bolr,
bulr, trunk.
Bole, s. coarse linen, 4851. " Baule,
piece de toile grossi^re " ;
Godefroy.
See Balan.
(Boles), gen. bull's, 751*.
Boll, s. bowl, cup, 55, 112, 2938,
4537; a cluster, 5240; a boss,
5647. Cf.5oZ/s, ornamental knobs;
Halliwell. In 1. 5240, perhaps we
should read bob ; see Bobb.
Bolne, V. swell, 394 ; Bolnes, 2 pr.
pi. swell, till out, 4435. Icel.
bolgna.
Bolstirs (Bolsters), p.cushion8,1569.
Bonde, s. peasant, hence, uncouth
man, 4741. Lat. homo agrestis.
Icel. bondi.
Bonden, pp. bound, 396, 3681 ;
(Bondyn), 745*.
Bondis, pi. bounds, territories, 4320.
Bonds, limits (Lat. terminos),
4850 ;
bounds, 3782 ;
territories,
regions, 4085, 5090.
Bondsward ; To our bondsward, i. e.
to our bounds-ward, towards our
bounds, 3752. See Bondis.
Bone, s. boon, prayer, request, 547,
1492, 1672.
Bone, s. command (lit. petition),
3137. (But read bode, as in D.)
Bonerte, s. goodness, 4662. Short
for Debonerte.
Borde (Burde), s. board, table, 842 ;
(Borde), 1340 ; Borde, 1857 ;
Bordis, pi. tables, 5271 ; (Burdez),
2927 ; boards (of the tablets), 640.
See Damme-borde.
Borden, adj. wooden, 3602.
Bord ren,frror/or Broden (Brouden),
pp. ornamented, 787. A.S. brogdm,
pp. of bregdan, to braid, &c.
Borely, ad{. burly, great, large,
4089, 5435, 5472, 5603; Borly,
5002. See Burly.
Boris, pr. s. becomes dim, is surrounded
by a burr or haze, 556.
A haze round the sun or moon ia
called a burr in the Whitby dialect
and in East Anglia.
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