[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].
[bold], st. n., building, house, edifice: nom. sg. (Heorot), [998]; (Hygelâc's residence), [1926]; (Beówulfs residence), [2197], [2327].—Comp. fold-bold.
[bold-âgend], pt., house-owner, property-holder: gen. pl. monegum boldâgendra, [3113].