A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Bokeler], sb. buckler, shield, C, G; bocler, Palsg.—OF. bocler.

[ Boket], sb. bucket, C; bokett, Prompt.

[ Bold], adj. fierce, bold, daring, PP, S; bauld, bawld, S3; belde, big, blustering, S; bald, S2; balder, comp., P.—AS. beald; OHG. bald (Otfrid).

[ Boldeliche], adv. boldly, S; baldly, S2; boldely, C2.

[ Bolden], v. to make bold, encourage, MD; bolded, pt. s., P; balde, S.—AS. bealdian.

[ Bole], sb. a kind of clay, C3. Comb.: bole armoniak, Armenian clay, C3, NED (s.v. ammoniac).—Lat. bolus; Gr. βῶλος, clod.

[ Bole], sb. bull, S, C, C3; bule, S; bulez, pl., S2; bolis, W; boolis, W.—Icel. boli.

[ Bolle], sb. bowl, S, S2, C3, P; a rounded seed-vessel, NED (s.v. boll), HD; boll, rounded top (of barley), S3.—AS. bolla.

[ Bollen], v. to swell, S2, PP; bolled, pp., S2, PP.

[ Bollen], pp. swollen, NED; bollen, W; bolne, S3; bowlne, S3.