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BRAND

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
BRAND, brond, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§59; §335;
a BRAND, fire-brand, torch; titio, torris
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  • Brand

    titio vel torris,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 30
      • ;
    • Som. 61, 76
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 27, 6.

  • Brand

    titio,

    • Wrt. Voc. 82, 55
      • :
    • Glos. Epnl. Recd. 163, 42.

  • Bǽron brandas on bryne blácan fýres

    they bare fire-brands into the burning of the bright flame,

    • Cd. 186
      • ;
    • Th. 231, 12
      • ;
    • Dan. 246.

  • Se ád wæs ǽghwonan ymb-boren mid brondum

    the funeral pile was heaped around on every side with fire-brands,

    • Exon. 74 a
      • ;
    • Th. 277, 15
      • ;
    • Jul. 581.
a burning, flame, fire; incendium, flamma, ignis
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  • Brond þeceþ hús

    the burning covers the house,

    • Exon. 59 a
      • ;
    • Th. 212, 27
      • ;
    • Ph. 216.

  • Hæfde landwara líge befangen, bǽle and bronde

    he had enveloped the land-inhabitants in flame, with fire and burning,

    • Beo. Th. 4633
      • ;
    • B. 2322.

  • Reóteþ meówle, seó hyre bearn gesihþ brondas þeccan

    the woman weeps, who sees the flames covering her child,

    • Exon. 87 b
      • ;
    • Th. 330, 7
      • ;
    • Vy. 47.

  • Ða beágas sceal brond fretan

    fire shall consume the rings,

    • Beo. Th. 6021
      • ;
    • B. 3014
      • :
    • Exon. 18 b
      • ;
    • Th. 51, 7
      • ;
    • Cri. 812.

  • He his sylfes ðǽr bán gebringeþ, ða ǽr brondes wylm on beorhstede forþylmde

    it [the Phœnix] brings its own bones there, which the fire's rage had before encompassed on the mound,

    • Exon. 60 a
      • ;
    • Th. 217, 21
      • ;
    • Ph. 283.

  • Ða fýnd þoliaþ helle to-middes brand and bráde lígas

    the fiends suffer fire and broad flames in the midst of hell,

    • Cd. 18
      • ;
    • Th. 21, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 325.

  • Hý hine ne móston bronde forbærnan

    they could not consume him with fire,

    • Beo. Th. 4258
      • ;
    • B. 2126.

  • Brondas lácaþ on ðam deópan dæge

    fires shall flare on that awful day,

    • Exon. 116 b
      • ;
    • Th. 448, 23
      • ;
    • Dom. 58.

  • Bronda

    of fires.

    • Beo. Th. 6302
      • ;
    • B. 3161
      • :
    • Exon. 116 a
      • ;
    • Th. 445, 25
      • ;
    • Dom. 13.

  • Bronda beorhtost

    brightest of fires or lights, the sun,

    • 93 b
      • ;
    • Th. 350, 170
      • ;
    • Sch. 65.
A sword; [hence the Eng. to BRANDISH] ensis metaphorically from its shining,
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  • Ic gean Eádmunde mínum [minon MS.] bréðer ánes brandes

    I give to Edmund my brother one sword,

    • Th. Diplm. 559, 24.

  • Ðæt hine nó brond ne beadomécas bitan ne meahton

    that no sword nor battle-falchions might bite it,

    • Beo. Th. 2912
      • ;
    • B. 1454.
Etymology
Chauc. bronde a torch
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Laym. brond, branda sword
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Plat. brand, m
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Frs.brán, c. gladius
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O. Frs. brond, brand, m. a fire-brand
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Dut. brand, m. a burning, fire
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Ger. brand, m. titio, torris, ensis
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M. H. Ger. brant, m
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O. H. Ger. brant, m. titio, torris
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Dan. brand, m. f
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Swed. brand, m. a fire-brand, fire
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Icel. brandr, m. I. a brand, fire-brand; II. the blade of a sword.
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v.  brond.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BRAND.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4966.

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