Bladder
sb. bladder, MD; bladdre, C3; bledder, S3; bleder, Voc.—AS. blǽdre, OMerc. blédre (OET.)

Blak
adj. black, MD.—AS. blæc.

Blak
adj. pale, MD; blake, wan, Palsg. Phr.: blak and blo, pale and livid, MD, NED (s.v. black, 13).—AS. blác. Cf. Bleike.

Blake
sb. smut, black, S; blackness, S2.

Blake-beryed
sb. blackberrying, i.e., wandering hither and thither purposely, C3.

Blanc-mangere
sb. a kind of cheese-cake, PP; blammanger, PP.

Blanchet
sb. a white powder used as a cosmetic, S.—OF. blanchet.

Blane
for blan), pt. s. of Bi-linnen.

Blank
adj. white, S3.—OF. blanc.

Blase
sb. blaze, flame, PP.—AS. blæse.

Blasen
v. in heraldry to blaze arms, i.e. to describe them, MD, S3, Prompt., Palsg.; blaze, Cotg. (s.v. blasonner).

Blasen
v. to blaze, flare, PP; blasie, pr. s. subj., S; blesand, pr. p., S3.

Blasen
v. to blow (with trumpet), to proclaim, publish, NED, CM. Cp. OHG. blásan.

Blasfeme
adj. and sb. blasphemous, blasphemer, MD, W.—Lat. blasphemus; Gr. βλάσφημος.

Blaundissen
v. to flatter, H; blaundiss, pr. s., H; bloundisand, pr. p., H.—OF. blandir (pr. p. blandisant).

Blee
sb. colour, complexion, MD, HD; ble, MD, JD; bleo, S, S2; blie, JD.—AS. bléo.

Bleike
adj. pale, S, NED; bleyke, Prompt.; blayke, NED; bleyk, S3; bleke, wan, Palsg. Phr.: blaike and blo, pale and livid, NED (s.v. black, 13).—Icel. bleikr. Cf. Blak.

Blenchen
v. to flinch, turn aside, S, P; bleynte, pt. s., C; bleinte, NED.—AS. blencan, to deceive.

Blenden
v. to blind, deceive, MD, PP; blent, pr. s., C3; blente, pt. s., PP; blent, pp. blinded, C3, HD.—AS. blendan.

Blenden
v. to mix together, MD; blende, pp., S2.—Cp. Icel. blanda.

Blenk
sb. a gleam, blink, glance, S3; blenkis, pl., NED; blinkes, MD.

Blenken
v. to glitter, to glance, NED; blynke, to open the eyes, S2; blenkit, pt. s., looked, S2; blencheden, pl., MD.

Blere
adj. blear, dim, NED.

Bleren
v. to make dim, to be blear-eyed, MD, S2, P; blered, pp. dimmed, S2, C3, P.

Blesen
v. to blaze, S3; see Blasen.

Blessen
v. to bless, PP, S; blesseth hir, pr. s., crosses herself, C3; blesced, pp. S; bletcæd, consecrated, S; y-blessed, S3, C3, P; i-blessed, S; iblescede, S; iblesset, S2.—AS. blétsian, blédsian ONorth. blóedsian (NED); from blód, blood.

Blete
adj. bare, exposed, miserable, S, MD; blait, JD; blout, JD.—AS. bléat, wretched, miserable; cp. Icel. blautr, Du. bloot G. bloss.

Bleten
v. to bleat, Prompt.; blæten, S.—AS. blǽtan.

Blewe
adj. blue, livid, C2, PP; black, MD; blew, MD.—OF. bleu. See Blo.

Blewe
sb. blue, MD; bluȝ, S2.

Blinnen
v. to cease, S, S2, C3; see Bi-linnen.

Blis
sb. bliss, S.—AS. bliss (= blíðs), see Sievers, 202(7). See Bliþe.

Blissien
v. to rejoice, be glad, to gladden, MD; blissin, S, S2.—AS. blissian (= blíðsian). See above.

Bliue
adv. quickly, S, S2; see Biliue.

Bliðe-liche
adv. gladly, S; bluðeliche, S; bloðeliche, S; bliþeliȝ, S; bleþely, S2.—AS. blíðelice.

Bliþe
adj. blithe, cheerful, S, S2; blyþe, S2, C2.—AS. blíðe.

Blo
adj. livid, S2, PP; black, MD.—Icel. blá(r). See Blewe.

Blo-man
sb. negro, MD; blamon, MD; blewe-men, pl., MD.—Cp. Icel. blá-maðr, negro. See Blo.

Blod
sb. blood, S, S2, PP; blode, dat., S2.—AS. blód.

Blode
sb. a blood-relation, a person, living being, MD, CM; blod, MD.

Blok
adj. pale, NED. Phr. blok and blo, NED. See Blak.

Blome
sb. flower, S2, MD.—Icel. blóm, flower, blossom.

Blosme
sb. blossom, S, PP, Prompt., CM; blostme, S; blosmen, pl., S2; bloosmes, S3.—AS. blóstma.

Blosmen
v. to blossom, W2, Prompt.; blosmed, pt. pl., P.—AS. blóstmian.

Bloundisen
v. to flatter, H; see Blaundissen.

Bloundisynge
sb. blandishing, H.

Blowen
v. to blow, PP; blawe, S; blou, imp. s., S; bloaweð, pr. s., S; bleu, pt. s., S; bleowen, pl., S; blawen, pp., S2; blowe, C3.—AS. bláwan, pt. bléow, pp. bláwen.

Blowen
v. to blow, to bloom, MD; i-blowe, pp. S.—AS. blówan, pt. bléow, pp. geblówen.

Blubren
v. to bubble, MD; blubrande, pr. p., S2.

Blustren
v. to rush about aimlessly, NED; blustreden, pt. pl., P.

Bluȝ
sb. blue, S2; see Blewe.

Blyn-hede
sb. blindness, H.