blīðe I. _‘blithe,’ joyous, cheerful, pleasant_, Æ, AO, CP: _gracious, well-disposed, friendly, kind_, _El_: _agreeable, willing_: _quiet, peaceful, gentle_, _Ps_: (+b. occurs at #Guth# 161^9). II. adv. _Ps_.
blīðelic _gentle, pleasant, glad_. adv. -līce (_Lk_). [‘_blithely_’]
blīðemōd _glad, cheerful_: _well-wishing, friendly_.
blīðnes f. _joy, gladness, pleasure_, _Lcd_; AO. [‘_blitheness_’]
blōd n. ‘_blood_,’ _Æ, G, Lcd_; AO, CP: _vein_.
blōd-dolg, -dolh n. _bleeding wound_, #Lcd#.
blōdgemang n. _a blood-mixture_, WW 220^7.
blōdgēot = blōdgȳte [[headword spelled “blōdgyte”]]
blōdgēotend m. _shedder of blood_, #LPs# 50^16.
±blōdgian _to be bloodthirsty_, WW 215^43: _make bloody_.
blōdhrǣcung f. _spitting of blood_, WW 113^6.
blōd-lǣs, -læswu f. _blood-letting, bleeding_.
blōdlǣstīd f. _time for blood-letting_, #Lcd# 55a.
blōdryne m. _issue of blood, bloody flux_: _bursting of a blood-vessel_, AO 288^27.
blodscēawung f. _supply of blood_? (BT) #Lcd# 83a.
blōdseten _something to stop bleeding_, #Lcd#.
blōdsihte f. _flowing of blood_, #Lcd# 64a.
blōdwīte n. _blood-offering_, #LPs# 15^4.
blōdyrnende _having an issue of blood_, BH 78^16#b#.
blōsa, blōsma = blōstma [[under “blōstm”]]
blōstm (Æ), blōstma mf. _‘blossom,’ flower, fruit_, _Bl, Lcd_.
blōstmbǣre (Æ), -bǣrende _flower-bearing_.
blōstmfrēols m. _floral festival_, OEG 4720.
blōtan^7 (and ? wv) _to sacrifice, kill for sacrifice_, AO, CP.
blōtmōnað m. _month of sacrifice_ (8 Oct.-8 Nov.), _November_.
blōtorc m. _sacrificial vessel_, GPH 397.
blōtspīung f. _spitting of blood_, WW 113^7.
±blōwan I. sv^7 _to ‘blow,’ flower, flourish, blossom_, _Lcd_. II. = blāwan
blunnen pp., blunnon pret. pl. of blinnan.
blyscan ‘_rutilare_,’ #HGl# 434^75 (v. OEG 1196 and ‘_blush_’).
bōc I. fn. ds. and nap. bēc _‘beech_’-_tree_, _WW_; Mdf: _beech-nut_, NC 274: ‘_book,’ writing, Bible_, _Bl, Jn, CP_; AO, Æ. Crīstes b. _gospel_: _deed, charter, conveyance_, _LL_. II. pret. 3 sg. of bacan.
bōccræft m. _learning_, _Bo_. [‘_bookcraft_’]
bōcfell n. _parchment, vellum_, _LL_. [‘_bookfell_’]
bōchord n. _library_, _WW_. [‘_bookhoard_’]
±bōcian _to grant by charter_: _supply with books_.
bōclæden n. _literary Latin, learned language_.
bōcland n. _land held by written title_, _LL_; Æ, AO. v. LL 2·323. [‘_bookland_’]