Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

bregdan

  • verb
Dictionary links
Wright's OE grammar
§54; §80; §106; §146; §163; §321; §502;
Add:
trans.
with acc.
to pluck, pull, draw, drag
Show examples

  • Sáh hé niðer ealre his mihte benumen, and hine man ðá brǽd intó ðæs kinges búre,

    • Chr. 1053
      • ;
    • P. 182, 22
      • .

  • Ealle men hine fram stówe tó stówe brúdon,

    • Hml. S. 23, 653.

  • Ompran ymbdelf, bréd up,

    • Lch. ii. 116, 14
      • :
    • iii. 38, 12
      • .

  • Ne bréde gé nó ðá stengeas of ðǽm hringum,

    • Past. 172, 10
      • .
to move quickly to and fro
Show examples

  • Brǽd ꝥ heáfod hider and geond ofer ꝥ fýr,

    • Lch. ii. 38, 3.
to bind, knot
Show examples

  • Þá brúdon hig rápas on hyre hancla and on hyre fét.

    • Shrn. 154, 28
      • :
    • 74, 30
      • .
to bring a charge (braid in up-braid)
Show examples

  • Þe lǽs þé God up bréde þone godspellican cwide

    lest God bring up against you that saying of the gospel,

    • Wlfst. 248, 9
      • .
to change
Show examples

  • Þá brǽd se sceocca hine sylfne tó menn,

    • Hml. S. ii. 222
      • .

  • On manegum óþrum híwum hine brǽd se deófol,

    • 31, 718
      • .

  • Hé brǽd hine on feala bleóna,

    • Bl. H. 175
      • ;
    • 5
      • .

  • Se líchama ongan swǽtan and mislic híw brédan,

    • Wlfst. 141, 3
      • .
Grammar
bregdan, (cf. Icel. bregða with dat.),
with dat.
to change
Show examples

  • Hí gehérað hleóðrum brægdan óðre fugelas

    they hear other birds varying their notes,

    • Met. 13, 47
      • .
intrans.
to move, be pulled
Show examples

  • Ne bregden nó ðá stengas of ðǽm hringum

    vectes a circuits numquam recedant,

    • Past. 173, 10
      • .
of lightning,
to flash
Show examples

  • Swilc leóht swilce þǽr líget brúde,

    • Hml. S. 36, 226
      • .
to play atrick, act with guile,
Similar entries
v. brédende, brægden, brægd.
Similar entries
v. mis-, under-bregdan; þurh-brogden.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “bregdan.” 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/40854.

Checked: 1
Full form

Word-wheel

  • bregdan, v.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.