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brád

  • adjective
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Wright's OE grammar
§133; §292; §382; §426; §443;
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broad (as distinguished from long)
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  • Se bráda wulfes camb

    cameleon alba,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 26
      • .
of superficial extent,
where size is defined
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  • Seó burh wæs hyre ymbeganges .xxx. míla brád,

    • Ors. 4, 13
      • ;
    • Th. 432, 22
      • .

  • Innewerdre (printed -ne) handa brádnæ hláf

    a loaf as big as the flat of the hand.

    • Lch. i. 404, 6
      • .
of the hand,
open
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(v. brádlinga)
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  • Brád hand

    palma,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 14
      • .

  • Wé hors ðacciað and stráciað mid brádre handa,

    • Past. 303, 11
      • .

  • Bráde hand

    palmam,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 22
      • .
of great extent, wide-spread, spacious
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  • Ðǽre rúman

    a(u)guste,

    brád

    augustum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 23
      • :
    • i. 287, 78
      • .

  • Se bráda bryne ofer ealle woruld . . . þæt bráde bealo,

    • Wlfst. 186, 8, 11.

  • Hié þǽr gesetene sint mid brádum folcum

    (amplissimis generis sui incrementis),

    • Ors. 3, 5
      • ;
    • S. 104, 27
      • .
of great circumference in comparison with depth, flat
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  • Brád hláf

    a flat loaf (? cf. O. H. Ger. breitinga placenta); pax(i)matium,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 66
      • .

  • Braad ponne

    cartago,

    • ii. 103, 23
      • .

  • Of brádre pannan

    sartagine,

    • 26, 11
      • .
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v.  brádlinga.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “brád.” 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/40770.

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