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brand

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Wright's OE grammar
§59; §335;
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a fire-brand, a piece of wood that is burning or intended for burning
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  • Brand (brond)

    titio,

    • Txts. 100, 987
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    • Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 40
    • :

    torris,

    • 284, 19
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  • Cylle, brond

    calbrum,

    • ii. 127, 70
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  • Nán brand nolde byrnan under þám wætere,

    • Hml. S. 36, 399
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  • Brandas

    p(re)usti,

    • Txts. 111, 18
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  • Branda

    titionum,

    • An. Ox. 2470
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  • Brandum

    flammantibus scindulis,

    • 2459.
  • Fýrum, brandum

    torribus, i. ignibus,

    • 3520
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    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 56
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  • Swilce sum hús forburne, brastligende mid brandum,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 140, 16.
a torch:
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  • Mið brondum ł ðæccillum

    cum facibus,

    • Jn. L. R. 18, 3
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burning (v. Dict).
(?) brand, blight causing leaves, &c. to look as though burnt (v. N. E. D. brand, 7. Cf. O. H. Ger. wintbrant rubigo: Ger. brand blight)
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  • Brond, com (? or brand-oom, q. v.)

    rubigo,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 34
    • .
    Possibly the word occurs in the obscure gloss 'Et didit erugini, i. brondegur̄ (=?? brond erugo),'
    • An. Ox. 54, 2 (see the note).
a blade, sword:
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  • Se hálga áleát and astrehte his swuran under ðám scínendan brande,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 510, 19
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Etymology
[
Asleah .1111. scearpan mid ǽcenan (ǽrenan?) brande, geblódga ðone brand, weorp on weg, Lch. iii. 52, 2.?
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v.  brand-óm.
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