A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Bouk, _sb._ == body. Alys. 3946. [buc], O. and N. 1130. AS. buce. Germ.
bauch
Bouked, _adj._ == protuberant. Alys. 6265
Boulder, _sb._ == a large stone. HD. 1790
Boun, _adj._ == ready. Wright's L. P. p. 100. Ritson's AS. viii. 149. ON.
buinn.
Bound, _sb._ == boundary. Alys. 5593
Bouning, == making ready. Wright's L. P. p. 25
Bout, _sb._ == apparently some female ornament for the face. Pol. S. 154
Bow, _sb._ RG. 377, 541
Bow, _v. a._ == bend. pret. 'buyede.' RG. 475. 'beh.' Wright's L. P. p.
54. 'bed,' 2127 B.
---- _v. n._ == bow or bend. Wright's L. P. p. 70. AS. bugan.
Bowels, _sb._ Pol. S. 213. Alys. 4668. For the etymology of this word, see Phil. Soc. Trans. for 1856, p. 36
Bower, _sb._ HD. 2072. Wright's L. P. p. 114. AS. bur.
Bowermaiden, _sb._ == Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Bowiar, _sb._ == bow-maker. RG. 541
Bowl, _sb._ K. Horn, 1155
Bowman, _sb._ RG. 378
Bowshot, _sb._ Alys. 3491
Box, _sb._ RG. 456
Boy, _sb._ Pol. S. 237
Boy, == man. HD. 1899
Brag, _adj._ == boastful, bold. Wright's L. P. p. 24
Braid, _vb._ The following a.n.a.lysis of this difficult verb is taken from Egilson's Lex. Poet. Septent. s. v. brega. All the senses here given are found in the O. Norse, while the AS. 'bredan' apparently is only used in those marked with an asterisk.
* I. _act._ to weave, part. 'broiden.' O. and N. 645
II. _act._ to move a thing from its place. Hence,
a. to draw out, as a sword. HD. 1825. part. 'ybrad' == drawn, caught. Wright's L. P. p. 39
. to brandish, as a sword or spear. Alys. 7373
?. to pull down. RG. 22. [breide], Alys. 5856
* d. to seize, or perhaps tear. Rel. S. v. 200. [brede]
III. _neut._ to change, as--
a. to awake out of sleep. HD. 1282
. of any violent motion of body, as to leap. Body and Soul, 46
Braid, _sb._ ==
1. a quick motion, from III. .; hence, 'at a breid' == in an instant.
Body and Soul, 182. ON. brag.
2. a violent struggle or wrench. RG. 22
Brain, _sb._ RG. 49, 446
Branch, _sb._ RG. 152
Brand, _sb._ == a burning ma.s.s. Body and Soul, 208
---- == torch. Alys. 5295. [brond]. AS. brand
---- == fire. Alys. 1856. [wilde bround]
Brased, _adj._ == of bra.s.s. Ps. cvi. 16
Bra.s.s, _sb._ RG. 2, 251
Bray, _sb._ == noise. Alys. 2175
Breach, _sb._ [bruch]. Wright's L. P. p. 30
Bread, _sb._ RG. 238
Breadth, _sb._ [brede]. RG. 385
Break, _v. a._ 47 B. part. 'i-broke' 1005 B.
---- _v. n._ pret. 'brake.' 2154 B.
---- == to break out (of flesh). 2421 B.
