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bréden

  • adjective
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bréden, broad.
Of boards or planks
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  • Him ne wiðstent nán ðing, náðerne stænen weall ne bryden wáh,

    • Hml. Th. i. 288, 4
      • .

  • Gewrohte hé (Severus) weall mid turfum and bredweall (breden weall, v. l.) ðǽronufon

    (cf. Bd. i. 5 where speaking of the vallum made by Sevens it is said, 'vallum fit de cespitibus, quibus circumcisis, e terra velut murus exstruitur altus supra terram, ita ut in ante sit fossa, de qua levati sunt cespites, supra quam sudes de lignis fortissimis praefiguntur') he made a wall of sods and a palisade on the top,

    • Chr. 189
      • ;
    • P. 10, 25
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “bréden.” 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/40845.

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