Boldly, _adv._ RG. 500, 19 Boleax, _sb._ == large axe. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. ON. bolöxi Bolken, _v. n._ == belch. Ps. cxliii. 13 Bollen, == swollen. Body and Soul, 31. ‘ibolȝe.’ O. and N. 145 Bolster, _sb._ Rel. S. v. 90 Bolt, _sb._ ‘ȝoure bolt is sone ischote.’ St Kath. 54 Bonde, _sb._ == bondman. Pol. S. 150 Bondman. RG. 370. HD. 32 Bone, _sb._ == os. RG. 446 Bone, _sb._ == prayer. RG. 14. AS. bén. SS. bone Boned, [y-boned] == having bones. RG. 414 Bonére, _adj._ == debonair, graceful. Alys. 6732 Bonny, _adj._ Alys. 3903 Book, _sb._ RG. 374, 420 Boot, _sb._ == use, avail. Body and Soul, 92 ---- == remedy, means (bote). RG. 277, 408. Pilate, 139 Booth, _sb._ Alys. 3457 Booze, _sb._ [bous] == drink. Wright’s L. P. p. 111. Dutch, buysen Booze, _v. n._ == drink. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175 Bord, _sb._ == border. Alys. 1270 Borough, _sb._ [boru]. RG. 72 Borow, _v. a._ == defend. Wright’s L. P. pp. 24, 25. part. ‘iborȝe,’ O. and N. 881 Borow, _sb._ == surety. RG. 472, 497 Borrow, _v. a._ RG. 393 Borstax, _sb._ == pick-axe. Pol. S. 151 Bosk, _sb._ == wood. RG. 547. Fr. bos, bosche Boss, _sb._ == an ornament of dress. Pol. S. 154. Fr. bosse Bote, _sb._ See Boot Botemay, _sb._ == bitumen. Alys. 4763 Botfork, _sb._ == a crooked stick. Wright’s L. P. p. 110 Both, _adj._ RG. 376, 445. ‘both two.’ Body and Soul, 120. [bo]. Wright’s L. P. p. 58 Both, == are. See Be In O. and N. 630, 633, the meaning of ‘both’ is uncertain; perhaps a mistake for ‘doth’ Botheler, _sb._ == peasant, shepherd. Body and Soul, 144; from ‘booth’? Boting, _sb._ == recompense. Alys. 5711 Bough, _sb._ [bowe]. RG. 283. [boye], O. and N. 15 Bouk, _sb._ == body. Alys. 3946. [buc], O. and N. 1130. AS. búce. 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. búinn. 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. búgan. 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. búr. 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 analysis of this difficult verb is taken from Egilson’s Lex. Poet. Septent. s. v. bregða. 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.