ge-bland, ge-blond, st. n., _mixture, heaving mass, a turning_.--Comp.: sund-, ýð-geblond, windblond. blanden-feax, blonden-feax, adj., _mixed_, i.e. having gray hair, _gray-headed_, as epithet of an old man: nom. sg. blondenfeax, 1792; blondenfexa, 2963; dat. sg. blondenfeaxum, 1874; nom. pl. blondenfeaxe, 1595. bläc, adj., _dark, black_: nom. sg, hrefn blaca, 1802. blâc, adj.: 1) _gleaming, shining_: acc. sg. blâcne leóman, _a brilliant gleam_, 1518.--2) of the white death-color, _pale_; in comp. heoroblâc. blæd, st. m.: 1) _strength, force, vigor_: nom. sg. wäs hira blæd scacen (of both tribes), _strength was gone_, i.e. the bravest of both tribes lay slain, 1125; nu is þînes mägnes blæd âne hwîle, _now the fulness of thy strength lasts for a time_, 1762.--2) _reputation, renown, knowledge_ (with stress upon the idea of filling up, spreading out): nom. sg. blæd, 18; (þîn) blæd is âræred, _thy renown is spread abroad_, 1704. blæd-âgend, pt., _having renown, renowned_: nom. pl. blæd-âgende, 1014. blæd-fäst, adj., _firm in renown, renowned, known afar_: acc. sg. blædfästne beorn (of Äschere, with reference to 1329), 1300. bleát, adj., _miserable, helpless_; only in comp. wäl-bleát. bleáte, adv., _miserably, helplessly_, 2825. blîcan, st. v., _shine, gleam_: inf., 222 blîðe, adj.: 1) _blithe, joyous, happy_ acc. sg. blîðne, 618.--2) _gracious, pleasing_: nom. sg. blîðe, 436.--Comp. un-blîðe. blîð-heort, adj., _joyous in heart, happy_: nom. sg., 1803. blôd, st. n., _blood_: nom. sg., 1122; acc. sg., 743; dat. sg. blôde, 848; äfter deórum men him langað beorn wið blôde, _the hero_ (Hrôðgâr) _longs for the beloved man contrary to blood_, i.e. he loves him although he is not related to him by blood, 1881; dat. as instr. blôde, 486, 935, 1595, etc. blôd-fâg, adj., _spotted with blood, bloody_, 2061. blôdig, adj., _bloody_: acc. sg. f. blôdge, 991; acc. sg. n. blôdig, 448; instr. sg. blôdigan gâre, 2441. ge-blôdian, w. v., _to make bloody, to sprinkle with blood_: pret. part. ge-blôdegod, 2693. blôdig-tôð, adj., _with bloody teeth_: nom. sg. bona blôdig-tôð (of Grendel, because he bites his victims to death), 2083. blôd-reów, adj., _bloodthirsty, bloody-minded_: nom. sg. him on ferhðe greów breóst-hord blôd-reów, _in his bosom there grew a bloodthirsty feeling_, 1720. be-bod, st. n., _command, order_; in comp. wundor-bebod. bodian, w. v., _(to be a messenger), to announce, to make known_: pret. hrefn blaca heofones wynne blîð-heort bodode, _the black raven announced joyfully heaven's delight_ (the rising sun), 1803. boga, w. m., _bow_, of the bended form; here of the dragon, in comp. hring-boga; as an instrument for shooting, in the comp. flân-, horn-boga; bow of the arch, in comp. stân-boga. bolca, w. m., "forus navis" (Grein), _gangway_; here probably the planks which at landing are laid from the ship to the shore: acc. sg. ofer bolcan, 231.