1. Cognate with Old High German begurtjan (“to Begird”), Gothic (bigairdan, “to Begird”)

2. Compare Old Frisian Bifara, Old Saxon biforan, Old High German bifora, German bevor.

3. From Middle High German Ange, from Old High German ango, from Proto-Germanic *ang

4. The Old High German and Old Saxon corpus of Stabreim or alliterative verse is small.

5. There are , further , the Gothic sibia, Anglo - Saxon sib , Old High German sippia, sippa, kindred.

6. Bertha is a female Germanic name, from Old High German berhta meaning "bright one"

7. Compare Old English betest, Betst, Old Frisian Betsta, Dutch best, Old High German bezzisto, Old Norse beztr, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (batists).

8. Baldur (pronounced “BALD-er;” Old Norse Baldr, Old English and Old High German Balder) is one of the Aesir gods

9. Similar formation in Old Saxon bigitan, Old High German pigezzan, Gothic bigitan "to get, obtain." Related: Begot; Begotten.

10. [German, from Middle High German angest, from Old High German angust; see angh- in Indo-European roots.] Angst′y adj

11. In fact the name “Alsace” can be traced back to the Old High German Ali-saz or Elisaz, meaning “foreign domain”

12. Origin of Ablaut German ab off (from Middle High German ab, abe) (from Old High German aba apo- in Indo-European roots) Laut sound (from Middle High German lūt) (from Old High German hlūt kleu- in Indo-European roots) From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

13. Bush itself is a thicket of Scandinavian (Old Norse Buskr), Germanic (Old High German busc), and Romanic (Medieval Latin busca) influences and cognates

14. Verb (1) and Noun (1) Middle English, from Old English blāwan; akin to Old High German blāen to Blow, Latin flare, Greek phallos penis

15. The name "Carolingian", Medieval Latin karolingi, an altered form of an unattested Old High German *karling, kerling (meaning "descendant of Charles", cf

16. Favored over *hAmmer due to the influence of its German cognate and synonym Ammer (“ bunting ”) and its predecessors, Middle High German amer and Old High German amaro

17. Burrows Name Meaning English: topographic name for someone who lived by a hill or tumulus, Old English beorg, a cognate of Old High German berg ‘hill’, ‘mountain’ (see Berg)

18. 1944, from a specialized use in psychology of German Angst "neurotic fear, anxiety, guilt, remorse," from Old High German Angust, from Proto-Germanic *Angustu- (source also of Old Frisian ongost, Old High German Angust, Middle Dutch ancst "fear," also Old English enge, Old Saxon engi, Gothic aggwus "narrow"), from PIE *anghosti-, suffixed form of root *angh-"tight, painfully

19. Angst (n.) 1944, from a specialized use in psychology of German Angst "neurotic fear, anxiety, guilt, remorse," from Old High German Angust, from Proto-Germanic *Angustu-(source also of Old Frisian ongost, Old High German Angust, Middle Dutch ancst "fear," also Old English enge, Old Saxon engi, Gothic aggwus "narrow"), from PIE *anghosti-, suffixed form of root *angh-"tight, painfully

20. Soul and 'Seele' are related to Old High German 'sela', supposed to have a Connotation with 'see', since both the unborn and the dead were believed to dwell in water.

21. Old English bearm; related to beran to bear, Old Norse Barmr Barm, Gothic Barms, Old High German Barm see ferment Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William …

22. Burin (n.) engraver's tool, 1660s, from French Burin, cognate with Italian bolino, Spanish buril, perhaps from Old High German bora "tool for boring" (from PIE root *bhorh-"hole")

23. Origin of Bosk From Middle English Bosk, likely from Anglo-Latin bosca (“firewood”), from Late Latin busca, buscus or boscus from Germanic * busk (liken Old High German busk) or Old English busc …

24. Borrowed from German Angst, going back to Middle High German angest, going back to Old High German Angust "distress, worry, anxiety," going back to West Germanic *Angusti-(whence also Old …

25. Cognate with Old Frisian ēvend, Old Saxon avand, āƀand (Low Low German Avend), Old Dutch avont (Dutch avond), Old High German āband (German Abend), Old Norse aptann, aptunn, eptann (Danish aften, Swedish afton)

26. It is related to the Old Saxon and Old High German busc, Dutch bosch, bos, German Busch, as well as to the Old Norse Buskr and the Danish busk (all of these mean ‘bush’)

27. First Known Use of Bis 1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1 History and Etymology for Bis Latin, from Old Latin dvis; akin to Old High German zwiro twice, Latin duo two — more at two

28. The yeasty froth on fermenting malt liquors an archaic or dialect word for yeast Word Origin for barm Old English bearm; related to beran to bear, Old Norse barmr barm, Gothic Barms, Old High German barm …

29. (Animals) little Cuttle a small Cuttlefish, Sepiola atlantica, often found on beaches [Old English cudele; related to Old High German kiot bag, Norwegian dialect kaule Cuttle, Old English codd bag] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014

30. A platform or stand on which a corpse or a coffin containing a corpse rests before burial Word Origin for Bier Old English bǣr; related to beran to bear 1, Old High German bāra Bier, Sanskrit bhārá a burden

31. Old English bróm is from a common West Germanic *bráma- (Old High German brâmo, "bramble"), from a Germanic stem bræ̂m- from Proto-Indo-European *bh(e)rem- "to project; a point", with an original sense of "thorny shrub" or similar.

32. However, the fact that the earliest occurrences are found in texts by eastern writers, makes it likely that this form is a borrowing from Middle High German ambet, Ambt (whence modern German Amt), from Old High German ambahti, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from …

33. Beset (v.) Old English Besettan "to put, place; own, keep; occupy, settle; cover, surround with, besiege," from Proto-Germanic *bisatjan (source also of Old Saxon bisettjan, Dutch bezetten, Old High German bisezzan, German besetzen, Gothic bisatjan); see be-+ set (v.)

34. Beset (v.) Old English Besettan "to put, place; own, keep; occupy, settle; cover, surround with, besiege," from Proto-Germanic *bisatjan (source also of Old Saxon bisettjan, Dutch bezetten, Old High German bisezzan, German Besetzen, Gothic bisatjan); see be-+ set (v.)

35. Beestings (n.) "colostrum," late Old English bysting, from beost "first milk of a cow after calving," a general West Germanic word (cognates: Old High German biost, German Biest, Middle Dutch and Dutch biest, North Frisian bjast) of unknown origin.

36. Crow (n.) general common name of birds of the genus Corvus (the larger sort being sometimes called ravens), Old English crawe, which is held to be imitative of the bird's cry.Compare Old Saxon kraia, Dutch kraai, Old High German chraja, German Kräke.

37. Callow (adj.) Old English calu "bare, bald," from Proto-Germanic *kalwa- (source also of Middle Dutch calu, Dutch kaal, Old High German kalo, German Kahl), from PIE root *gal- (1) "bald, naked" (source also of Russian golyi "smooth, bald").

38. Bloody (adj.) "of the nature of blood, pertaining to blood, bleeding, covered in blood," Old English blodig, adjective from blod (see blood).Common Germanic, compare Old Frisian blodich, Old Saxon blôdag, Dutch bloedig, Old High German bluotag, German blutig.From late 14c

39. An Antrustion (Latin: antrustio, plural Antrustiones) was a member of the bodyguard or military household of the Merovingian kings of the Franks.The bodyguard itself is called the trustis (French: truste), a Frankish word with a Latin ending, possibly signifying comfort, aid, fidelity, trust (compare Old High German trost)

40. Bairn (n.) "child" (of either gender or any age), "son or daughter," Old English bearn "child, son, descendant," from Proto-Germanic *barnan (source also of Old Saxon barn, Old Frisian bern, Old High German barn "child;" lost in modern German and

41. Middle English blemisshen, to damage, injure, sully, from Anglo-French blemiss-, stem of blemir, blesmir, from Old French, literally, to make pale by wounding, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German blas ros horse with a blaze, Old Norse blesi blaze — more at blaze Learn More about Blemish …

42. Become (v.) Old English becuman "happen, come about, befall," also "meet with, fall in with; arrive, approach, enter," from Proto-Germanic *bikweman (source also of Dutch bekomen, Old High German biqueman "obtain," German bekommen, Gothic biquiman).A compound of the sources of be-and come.

43. Climb (v.) Old English Climban "raise oneself using hands and feet; rise gradually, ascend; make an ascent of" (past tense clamb, past participle clumben, clumbe), from West Germanic *klimban "go up by clinging" (source also of Dutch klimmen, Old High German klimban, German klimmen "to Climb").

44. Chit (n.2) "small child," 1620s, originally "young of an animal" (late 14c.), of uncertain origin; perhaps a playful deformation of kitten, but The Middle English Compendium compares Old High German kizzin "kid" and Century Dictionary mentions Old English cið "a shoot, sprout, sprig."

45. From Middle English above, Aboven, abuven, from Old English ābufan, onbufan, from a (“on”) + bufan (“over”), (akin to Icelandic ofan (“from above”), Middle Dutch bōven, Old Frisian bova, Middle High German bobene) from bī (“by”) + ufan (“over”); also cognate with Danish oven, Dutch boven, German oben, Swedish ovan, Old Saxon oƀan, Old High German obana.

46. Bairn (n.) "child" (of either gender or any age), "son or daughter," Old English bearn "child, son, descendant," from Proto-Germanic *barnan (source also of Old Saxon barn, Old Frisian bern, Old High German barn "child;" lost in modern German and Dutch), from PIE root *bher- …

47. 1400, from Old French bastir "build, construct, sew up (a garment), Baste, make, prepare, arrange" (12c., Modern French bâtir "to build"), probably from Frankish or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *bastjan "join together with bast" (source also of Old High German besten; see bast).

48. Bide (v.) Old English bidan "to stay, continue, live, remain," also "to trust, rely," from Proto-Germanic *bidan "to await" (source also of Old Norse biða, Old Saxon bidan, Old Frisian bidia, Middle Dutch Biden, Old High German bitan, Gothic beidan "to wait"), which is of uncertain origin

49. Beckon (v.) Old English gebecnian (West Saxon beacnian) "to make a mute sign, signal by a nod or gesture," from Proto-Germanic *bauknjan (source also of Old Saxon boknian, Old High German bouhnen), from PIE root *bha-(1) "to shine" (compare beacon).Related: Beckoned; beckoning.The noun is attested from 1718, from the verb.

50. Atman (n.) in Hindu philosophy, the self or soul, 1785, from Sanskrit atma "essence, breath, soul," from PIE *etmen "breath" (a root found in Sanskrit and Germanic; source also of Old English æðm, Dutch adem, Old High German atum "breath," Old English eþian, Dutch ademen "to breathe").

51. From Middle English Atheling, from Old English æþeling ("son of a king, man of royal blood, nobleman, chief, prince, king, Christ, God, man, hero, saint"), from Proto-Germanic *aþalingaz (“prince, nobleman”), equivalent to athel +‎ -ing.Cognate with Old Frisian etheling, edling, Old Saxon edhiling, Old High German adaling, Medieval Latin adalingus, adelingus (from Germanic).

52. Cow (n.) "female of a bovine animal," especially the domestic ox, Middle English cu, qu, kowh, from Old English cu "Cow," from Proto-Germanic *kwon (source also of Old Frisian ku, Middle Dutch coe, Dutch koe, Old High German kuo, German Kuh, Old Norse kyr, Danish, Swedish ko), earlier *kwom, from PIE root *gwou-"ox, bull, Cow."

53. Almighty (adj.) Old English ælmihtig "all-powerful," also a by-name of God; compound of æl (see all) + mihtig (see mighty); common Germanic (cognates: Old Saxon alomahtig, Old High German alamahtic, German allmächtig, Old Norse almattigr), perhaps an early Germanic loan-translation of Latin omnipotens (see omnipotent).Originally only of deities; general use is by late 14c.

54. Baleful (adj.) Old English bealufull "dire, wicked, cruel," with -ful + bealu "harm, injury, ruin, evil, mischief, wickedness, a noxious thing," from Proto-Germanic *balu- (source also of Old Saxon balu, Old Frisian balu "evil," Old High German balo "destruction," Old Norse bol, Gothic balwjan "to torment"), a word of uncertain etymology.

55. Aurochs (n.) 1766, misapplication to the European bison (Bos bison) of a word that actually refers to a species of wild cattle (Bos ursus) that went extinct early 17c.; from German Aurochs, from Old High German urohso, from uro "Aurochs" (cognate with Old English ur, Old Norse ürr), which is of unknown origin, + ohso "ox" (see ox).

56. Beaver (n.1) "large amphibious quadruped rodent of the genus Castor," Old English beofor, befer (earlier bebr), from Proto-Germanic *bebruz (source also of Old Saxon bibar, Old Norse bjorr, Middle Dutch and Dutch bever, Low German bever, Old High German bibar, German Biber), from PIE *bhebhrus, reduplication of root *bher-(2) "bright; brown" (source also of Lithuanian bebrus, Czech bobr, Welsh

57. 1200, from Old English gamen "joy, fun; game, amusement," common Germanic (cognates: Old Frisian game "joy, glee," Old Norse gaman "game, sport; pleasure, amusement," Old Saxon gaman, Old High German gaman "sport, merriment," Danish gamen, Swedish gamman "merriment"), said to be identical with Gothic gaman "participation, communion," from Proto-Germanic *ga-collective prefix

58. Bridegroom (n.) "man newly married or about to be," Old English brydguma "suitor," from bryd "bride" (see bride) + guma "man," from Proto-Germanic *gumon-(source also of Old Norse gumi, Old High German gomo), literally "earthling, earthly being," as opposed to the gods, from suffixed form of PIE root *dhghem-"earth." Ending altered 16c

59. Blithe (adj.) Old English bliþe "joyous, kind, cheerful, pleasant," from Proto-Germanic *blithiz "gentle, kind" (source also of Old Saxon bliði "bright, happy," Middle Dutch blide, Dutch blijde, Old Norse bliðr "mild, gentle," Old High German blidi "gay, friendly," Gothic bleiþs "kind, friendly, merciful")

60. Bake (v.) Old English bacan "to Bake, to cook by dry heat in a closed place or on a heated surface," from Proto-Germanic *bakan "to Bake" (source also of Old Norse baka, Middle Dutch backen, Old High German bahhan, German backen), from PIE *bheg-(source also of Greek phogein "to roast"), extended form of root *bhē-"to warm" (see bath).

61. Acre (n.) Old English æcer "tilled field, open land," from Proto-Germanic *akraz "field, pasture" (source also of Old Norse akr, Old Saxon akkar, Old Frisian ekker, Middle Dutch acker, Dutch akker, Old High German achar, German acker, Gothic akrs "field"), from PIE root *agro-"field." "[O]riginally 'open country, untenanted land, forest'; then, with advance in the agricultural state

62. Bowl (n.1) "round, low vessel to hold liquids or liquid food," Old English bolla "pot, cup, Bowl," from Proto-Germanic *bul-"a round vessel" (source also of Old Norse bolle, Old High German bolla), from PIE root *bhel-(2) "to blow, swell." Formerly also "a large drinking cup," hence figurative use as an emblem of festivity or drunkenness.

63. Begin (v.) Old English Beginnan "to attempt, undertake," a rare word beside the more usual form onginnan (class III strong verb; past tense ongann, past participle ongunnen); from be-+ West Germanic *ginnan, which is of obscure etymology and found only in compounds, perhaps "to open, open up" (compare Old High German in-ginnan "to cut open, open up," also "Begin, undertake"), with sense

64. Bourn (n.1) also Bourne, "small stream," especially of the winter torrents of the chalk downs, Old English brunna, burna "brook, stream," from Proto-Germanic *brunnoz "spring, fountain" (source also of Old High German brunno, Old Norse brunnr, Old Frisian burna, German Brunnen "fountain," Gothis brunna "well"), ultimately from PIE root *bhreu-"to boil, bubble, effervesce, burn."

65. Ass (n.1) solid ungulate quadruped beast of burden of the horse kind, but smaller and with long ears and a short mane, native to southwest Asia, Old English Assa (Old Northumbrian Assal, Assald) "he-Ass."The English word is cognate with Old Saxon esil, Dutch ezel, Old High German esil, German Esel, Gothic asilus, and, beyond Germanic, Lithuanian asilas, Old Church Slavonic osl, Russian oselŭ

66. Comb (n.) Old English camb (later Anglian Comb) "thin strip of toothed, stiff material" (for dressing the hair), also "fleshy crest growing on the head of the domestic fowl" (so called for its serrations), hence "crest of a hat, helmet, etc.;" also "honeyComb" (for which see honeyComb (n.)) , from Proto-Germanic *kambaz (source also of Old Saxon and Old High German camb, German Kamm, Middle

67. Know (v.) Old English cnawan (class VII strong verb; past tense cneow, past participle cnawen), "perceive a thing to be identical with another," also "be able to distinguish" generally (tocnawan); "perceive or understand as a fact or truth" (opposed to believe); "know how (to do something)," from Proto-Germanic *knew-(source also of Old High German bi-chnaan, ir-chnaan "to know"), from PIE

68. Bury (v.) Old English byrgan "to raise a mound, hide, enclose in a grave or tomb, inter," akin to beorgan "to shelter," from Proto-Germanic *burzjan-"protection, shelter" (source also of Old Saxon bergan, Dutch bergen, Old Norse bjarga, Swedish berga, Old High German bergan "protect, shelter, conceal," German bergen, Gothic bairgan "to save, preserve"), from PIE root *bhergh-(1) "to hide

69. Bosom (n.) Old English bosm "breast; womb; surface; ship's hold," from West Germanic *bōsmaz (source also of Old Frisian bosm, Old Saxon Bosom, Middle Dutch boesem, Dutch boezem, Old High German buosam, German Busen "Bosom, breast"), perhaps from PIE root *bhou-"to grow, swell," or *bhaghus "arm" (in which case the primary notion would be "enclosure formed by the breast and the arms"), or

70. Birch (n.) "hardy, slender northern forest tree noted for its white bark," Old English berc, beorc (also the name of the rune for "b"), from Proto-Germanic *berkjon (source also of Old Saxon birka, Old Norse börk, Danish birk, Swedish and Icelandic björk (which is also a girl's given name), Middle Dutch berke, Dutch berk, Old High German birihha, German Birke), from PIE *bhergo (source also

71. Austral (adj.) "southern, of or pertaining to the south," 1540s, from Latin Australis, from auster "south wind; south," from Proto-Italic *aus-tero-(adj.) "towards the dawn," from PIE *heus-tero-(source also of Sanskrit usra-"red; matutinal," usar-budh-"waking at dawn;" Greek aurion "tomorrow;" Lithuanian aušra "dawn;" Old Church Slavonic jutro "dawn, morning; tomorrow;" Old High German

72. The buckle bears a runic inscription on its front, incised after its manufacture: aigil andi aïlrun iltahu (or elahu) gasokun Linguistic analysis of the inscription reveals that it was composed in early Old High German and is thus considered the oldest preserved line of alliterative verse in any West Germanic languages (while the Golden horns of Gallehus inscription, roughly one century older, is considered the oldest example of a North Germanic metrical line).

73. Calumny mid-15c., "false accusation, slander," from Old French calomnie (15c.), from Latin calumnia "trickery, subterfuge, misrepresentation, malicious charge," from calvi "to trick, deceive." PIE cognates include Greek kelein "to bewitch, cast a spell," Gothic holon "to slander," Old Norse hol "praise, flattery," Old English hol "slander," holian "to to betray," Old High German huolen "to

74. Belief (n.) late 12c., bileave, "confidence reposed in a person or thing; faith in a religion," replacing Old English geleafa "Belief, faith," from West Germanic *ga-laubon "to hold dear, esteem, trust" (source also of Old Saxon gilobo, Middle Dutch gelove, Old High German giloubo, German Glaube), from *galaub-"dear, esteemed," from intensive prefix *ga-+ PIE root *leubh-"to care, desire, love."

75. Arse (n.) "buttocks, hinder part of an animal," Old English ærs "tail, rump," from Proto-Germanic *arsoz (source also of Old Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse ars, Middle Dutch ærs, German Arsch "buttock"), from PIE root *ors-"buttock, backside" (source also of Greek orros "tail, rump, base of the spine," Hittite arrash, Armenian or "buttock," Old Irish err "tail").

76. Cloaca (n.) 1650s, euphemism for "underground sewer," from Latin Cloaca "public sewer, drain," from cluere "to cleanse," probably from PIE root *kleu-"to wash, clean" (source also of Greek klyzein "to dash over, wash off, rinse out," klysma "liquid used in a washing;" Lithuanian šluoju, šluoti "to sweep;" Old English hlutor, Gothic hlutrs, Old High German hlutar, German lauter "pure, clear").

77. Bead (n.) mid-14c., bede "prayer Bead," from Old English gebed "prayer," with intensive or collective prefix *ge-+ Proto-Germanic *bidam "entreaty" (source also of Middle Dutch bede, Old High German beta, German bitte, Gothic bida "prayer, request"), from PIE *bhedh-"to ask, pray," perhaps from a root meaning "to press, urge," hence "to pray." Shift in meaning came via rosary Beads threaded on

78. The roots of Bespeak date back to its use in Old English in the form of "bisprecan," meaning "to speak up or speak out." From the Proto-German "bisprekana" which means "to discuss or blame," it evolved to the Dutch "bespreken," the Old High German "bisprehhan," and eventually to the current German "besprechen," all of which translate to some variations of "to speak about, to call out, complain

79. Atheling (n.) "member of a noble family," Old English æðling, from æðel "noble family, race, ancestry; nobility, honor," related to Old English æðele "noble," from Proto-Germanic *athala-(cognates: Old Frisian edila "(great-)grandfather," Old Saxon athali "noble descent, property," Old High German adal "noble family"), which is perhaps from PIE *at-al-"race, family," from *at(i)-"over

80. Brawn (n.) late 13c., "boar's flesh;" early 14c., "flesh of a muscular part of the body," from Old French braon "fleshy or muscular part, buttock," from Frankish *brado "ham, roast" or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *bred-on-(source also of Old High German brato "tender meat," German Braten "roast," Old Norse brað "raw meat," Old English bræd "flesh"), from PIE *bhre-"burn