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BRǼW

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
BRǼW, breáw, breág, brég, brégh, bréhg, es; m.
An eye-lid; palpebra
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  • Wið þiccum brǽwum

    for thick eye-lids,

    • L. M. 1, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 38, 9.

  • Ðæt biþ swíðe god sealf ðam men ðe hæfþ þicce brǽwas

    that will be a very good salve for a man who has thick eye-lids,

    • 1, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 38, 22, 12.

  • Unwlítig swile and atelíc his eágan brégh [brég MS. C.] wyrde and wemde

    an unsightly and fearful swelling harmed and corrupted his eye-lid,

    • Bd. 4, 32
      • ;
    • S. 611, 18.

  • Ðá ðá ðam feaxe onféng ðæs hálgan heáfdes, he togesette ðam untruman bréhge

    cum accepisset capillos sancti capitis, adposuit palpebræ languenti,

    • 4, 32
      • ;
    • S. 611, 40.

  • Ðá gehrán he his eágan, gemétte he hit swá hál mid ðý brǽwe

    contingens oculum, sanum cum palpebra invenit,

    • 4, 32
      • ;
    • S. 612, 7.

  • Brǽwas [brégas, Surt.] his axiaþ oððe befrinaþ bearn manna

    palpebræ ejus interrogant filios hominum,

    • Ps. Lamb. 10, 5
    ;

    the eȝelidis of hym asken the sones of men,

    • Wyc.

  • Brǽwas

    palpebræ,

    • Wrt. Voc. 70, 41
      • :
    • 282, 50.

  • Breáwas

    palpebræ,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 70
      • ;
    • Som. 70, 63
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 42, 71.

  • Gif ic selle swefnu oððe slǽp eágum ménum, and breáwum [brǽwum.

    • Spl
    : brégum,
    • Surt.
    ] mínum hnappunga

    si dedero somnum oculis meis, et palpebris meis dormitationem,

    • Ps. Lamb. 131, 4
    ;

    I shal not ȝiue slep to myn eȝen, and to my eȝe lidis napping,

    • Wyc.

  • Ic eom wíde calu, ne ic bréaga ne brúna brúcan móste

    I am very bald, nor can I make use of eye-lids nor eye-lashes,

    • Exon. 111 b
      • ;
    • Th. 427, 32
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 100.

  • Betwux oferbrúan and brǽwum

    intercilium [= intercilia],

    • Ælfc. Gl. 70
      • ;
    • Som. 70, 70
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 43, 4.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. bráha, bráwa. f
:
O. Frs. ag-bre, n.an eye-lid
:
M. H. Ger.brá, f
:
O. H. Ger.brá, n
:
Icel. brá, f. an eye-lid
:
Lat. frons, f. the forehead, brow
:
Grk. ὀφρύς, f. the eye-brow
:
Sansk. bhrū, f. an eye-brow, the brow
. ]
Derived forms
ofer-brǽw.
Similar entries
v. brú.
Linked entries
v.  eágan brégh breág breáw brég brégh bréhg BRÚ.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “BRǼW.” 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/4964.

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