ge-bland, ge-blond, st. n., _mixture, heaving mass, a turning_.--Comp.: sund-, ȳð-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. blæc, adj., _dark, black_: nom. sg, hrefn blaca, 1802. blāc, adj.: 1) _gleaming, shining_: acc. sg. blācne lēoman, _a brilliant gleam_, 1518.--2) of the white death-color, _pale_; in comp. heoroblāc. blǣd, st. m.: 1) _strength, force, vigor_: nom. sg. wæs hira blǣd scacen (of both tribes), _strength was gone_, i.e. the bravest of both tribes lay slain, 1125; nū is þīnes mægnes blǣd āne hwīle, _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. blǣd, 18; (þīn) blǣd is ārǣred, _thy renown is spread abroad_, 1704. blǣd-āgend, pt., _having renown, renowned_: nom. pl. blǣd-āgende, 1014. blǣd-fæst, adj., _firm in renown, renowned, known afar_: acc. sg. blǣdfæstne beorn (of Æschere, with reference to 1329, 1300. blēat, adj., _miserable, helpless_; only in comp. wæl-blēat. blēate, adv., _miserably, helplessly_, 2825. blīcan, st. v., _shine, gleam_: inf., 222 blīðe, adj.: 1) _blithe, joyous, happy_ acc. sg. blīðne, 618.--2) _gracious, pleasing_: nom. sg. blīðe, 436.--Comp. un-blīðe. blīð-heort, adj., _joyous in heart, happy_: nom. sg., 1803. blōd, st. n., _blood_: nom. sg., 1122; acc. sg., 743; dat. sg. blōde, 848; æfter dēorum men him langað beorn wið blōde, _the hero_ (Hrōðgār) _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. blōde, 486, 935, 1595, etc. blōd-fāg, adj., _spotted with blood, bloody_, 2061. blōdig, adj., _bloody_: acc. sg. f. blōdge, 991; acc. sg. n. blōdig, 448; instr. sg. blōdigan gāre, 2441. ge-blōdian, w. v., _to make bloody, to sprinkle with blood_: pret. part. ge-blōdegod, 2693. blōdig-tōð, adj., _with bloody teeth_: nom. sg. bona blōdig-tōð (of Grendel, because he bites his victims to death), 2083. blōd-rēow, adj., _bloodthirsty, bloody-minded_: nom. sg. him on ferhðe grēow brēost-hord blōd-rēow, _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 blīð-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. flān-, horn-boga; bow of the arch, in comp. stān-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.