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backtalk vb talking behind someone's back; to gossip
[compound back + talk]
bakehouse n a shop where breads are baked and sold; bakery
[extension of existing word, from compound of bake 'to cook food in an oven' & house]
bane n a person or thing that ruins or spoils; that which causes death or destroys life; a deadly poison.; curse, nemesis, undoing
[neologism, from OE bana slayer; that which destroys life; causes death, destruction, ruin or woe, as in a watery bane.]
banewave n a very large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic explosion.; tsunami, killer wave
[neologism, from OE bana slayer. Bane: that which destroys life; causes death, destruction, ruin or woe. Wave an advancing ridge or swell of liquid, as of the sea; a moving billow of water.]
banewyrm n a huge, winged serpent with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire; dragon, Grendel
[neologism, from OE bana slayer. Bane: that which destroys life; causes death, destruction, ruin or woe. wyrm a worm, snake, or serpent]
bareback adj without a saddle on the back of a horse that is being ridden;
[CED]
bawse adj purple, scarlet, crimson; clam
[OE basu]
Bayerland n Bavaria; Bayern
[calque from Icelandic Bæjaraland, derived from OE Bægware-, Bægere- 'The Bavarians' + -land]
beadle n warrant, officer;
[OE bydel]
bearing adj fertile, fecund;
[OE berend]
beclip vb encompass;
[OED]
becloud v to obfuscate, or make muddled, to confuse an issue; confuse, beguile, deceive
[existing rare English word, a compound of be- and cloud]
bede vb pray;
[OE bedian]
befit vb to be appropriate for; literally " to be fit for";
[be- + fit]
beforemath n the events and situations that lead to a particualr end; antecedence, here-to-fore, foregoings
[neologism & antonymn of aftermath. From the Old English words: before & math a mowing]
beghast vb to inspire, inspire; enthuse; fill with shock, awe, wonder, or amazement; begeist
[existing word; be- + ghast]
beglide vb accompany;
[calque: Fr. begeliede, Du.begeleiden, NHG begleiten]
behet vb promise;
[OE behatan]
bellowharp n accordeon;
[forbinding]
benim vb deprive;
[OE beniman]
benoot vb to use, employ, utilise; brook,neet,note
[From OE 'nyttian' plus prefix 'be-'(cf. German 'benutzen/benützen)]
berather vb to choose over or like better than something else; prefer
[compound: be- + rather]
beshed n/vb n: distinction vb: dicriminate;
[OE bescead(an)]
besnit vb pollute, dishonour;
[OE besnitan]
besorrow vb to have compassion for;
[OE besorgian]
beswape vb persuade;
[OE beswapan]
beswike vb deceive;
[OE beswican]
betoken vb 1. symbolise 2.designate; to gossip
[2. OE betacnian]
bewarp vb pervert;
[beweorpan]
beway vb to move;
[calque: from German "bewegen"]
bilewhit adj innocent, sincere;
[OE bilewit]
birl vb pour, serve drink to;
[<ME birlen <OE byrelian]
bitter earth n in chemistry, an alkaline earth, now recognised as oxide of magnesium (MgO); magnesium
[putting together of the OE words: bitter & earth]
bleeter vb to talk aimlessly;
[Doric]
blissend n a quiet and easy death; means of procuring this; euthanasia
[a blending of the OE words: bliss: happy end& send: easy death]
blome n metal;
[OE blóma]
blood-month n the eleventh month of the year, so called because the heathen Anglo-Saxons sacrificed cattle to their gods; November
[Anglo-Saxon, from Blōt-Mōnath]
bloomcole n cauliflower;
[forbinding]
bookcraft n creative writing of recognized artistic value, the humanistic study of written work; literature
[OE boccræft]
bookly adj literary;
[OE boclic]
boroughman n town citizen;
[OE burhman]
boundness n obligation;
[OE bundennes]
brambling n a winter visitor to Britain that breeds in northern parts of Eurasia;
[OED]
brath n Impetuousity, violence, ire; wrathful
[dialectal, C15th-16th Northern dialects, from OE braþþe < ME:braþ & ON:brað]
breme adj famous;
[OE]
brock n a small mammal of the kind Meles meles, with black and white stripes on its head; badger
[dialectual, from OE brocc < Celtic]
brook vb to use, enjoy;
[OED]
brownfield n an abandoned, contaminated industrial site; industrial wasteland, atterground
[neologism; a putting together of OE words: brown & field]
by-gone adj that has gone-by; things that are passed; deceased; arrears; the past(rare); former, past, happened
[a putting together of OE words: by & gone]
byspel n example, proverb;
[existing word from OE bispel]
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