bnauan ([26]), stv. (? 179, n. 2), to rub. [For bi-n. ON. *bnûa < b- + nûa =-nûa in gnûa (later nûa), to scrape.]
bôka, f. ([97]), letter; II. Cor. III, 6; in pl. letters; epistl; anafilhis bôkôs, letters of commendation; II. Cor. III, 1. afstassais bôkôs, writing of divorcement; Mt. V, 31. [Probably nom. pl. of bôk, n., which, at a later period, was mistaken for a nom. sg. f. OE. bôc, n., uzually f. (pl. bêc, w. i-uml.), ME. bok, NE. book.]
bôkareis, m. ([92]), scribe; Mt. V, 20. Mk. I, 22. II, 6. 16. III, 21. 22. [OE. ME. bôcere, m., scribe, lit. 'booker'.]
bôtjan, wv. ([187]), w. acc., to boot, profit, advantage. ni waíhtai bôtida, nothing betterd; Mk. V, 26. [< bôta (= OE. bôt, f., ME. bôte, advantage, NE. boot, reparation). OE. bêtan, ME. bête, NE. beet, bete, to mend, make better.]
brâhta, prt. of briggan.
braidei, f. ([113]), bredth. [< braiþs. OE. bræ̂du (the u for orig. î = Goth. ei), ME. brêde, NE. bredth (the th being due to sbs. w. orig. th = Goth.) -þ- of the ful suff. -iþô-.]
*braiþs, braids ([74], n. 2), adj. ([124]), broad. [OE. brâd, ME. brâd, brôd, NE. broad.]
brakja ([33], n. 1), f. ([97], n. 1), strugl. [Orig. 'breach' (Brgm., II, [§ 63]), < brikan + suff. -jan-.]
-brannjan ([80], n. 1), wv. ([187]), to burn (tr.), in in-br. [Caus. of brinnan (prt. brann). OE. brennan, bærnan, ME. brenne, NE. burn (tr.).]
briggan ([67], n. 2), anv. ([174], n. 2; 208), to bring, lead, w. acc. and in w. dat.; Mt. VI, 13; waírþana b., to make or count wurthy; II. Cor. III, 6. [OE. bringan (prt. brǫ̂hte < *branhte = Goth. brâhta < *branhta), ME. bringe, NE. bring.]