A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language Part 23

Bouk, _sb._ == body. Alys. 3946. [buc], O. and N. 1130. AS. buce. 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.

buinn.

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. bugan.

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. bur.

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 a.n.a.lysis of this difficult verb is taken from Egilson's Lex. Poet. Septent. s. v. brega. 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.

* I. _act._ to weave, part. 'broiden.' O. and N. 645

II. _act._ to move a thing from its place. Hence,

a. to draw out, as a sword. HD. 1825. part. 'ybrad' == drawn, caught. Wright's L. P. p. 39

. to brandish, as a sword or spear. Alys. 7373

?. to pull down. RG. 22. [breide], Alys. 5856

* d. to seize, or perhaps tear. Rel. S. v. 200. [brede]

III. _neut._ to change, as--

a. to awake out of sleep. HD. 1282

. of any violent motion of body, as to leap. Body and Soul, 46

Braid, _sb._ ==

1. a quick motion, from III. .; hence, 'at a breid' == in an instant.

Body and Soul, 182. ON. brag.

2. a violent struggle or wrench. RG. 22

Brain, _sb._ RG. 49, 446

Branch, _sb._ RG. 152

Brand, _sb._ == a burning ma.s.s. Body and Soul, 208

---- == torch. Alys. 5295. [brond]. AS. brand

---- == fire. Alys. 1856. [wilde bround]

Brased, _adj._ == of bra.s.s. Ps. cvi. 16

Bra.s.s, _sb._ RG. 2, 251

Bray, _sb._ == noise. Alys. 2175

Breach, _sb._ [bruch]. Wright's L. P. p. 30

Bread, _sb._ RG. 238

Breadth, _sb._ [brede]. RG. 385

Break, _v. a._ 47 B. part. 'i-broke' 1005 B.

---- _v. n._ pret. 'brake.' 2154 B.

---- == to break out (of flesh). 2421 B.