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brid

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
brid, bridd, es; m.
The young of any of the feathered tribe; pullus
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  • Earnes brid

    an eagle's young,

      Exon. 59 a; Th. 214, 7; Ph. 235.

  • Þurh briddes hád

    through the state of a young bird,

    61 a;
      Th. 224, 7; Ph. 372.

  • Ðæt híg offrunge sealdon twegen culfran briddas

    ut darent hostiam duos columbæ pullos,

      Lk. Bos. 2, 24: Lev. 1, 14: Ps. Spl. 83, 3.

  • On swealwan bridda magan

    in the maw of the young ones of a swallow,

      L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 7.

  • Hit sculon beón micle briddas

    it should be big young ones,

      L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 14.

  • Hrefnes briddum

    corvi pullis,

      Ps. Th. 146, 10.
Etymology
[Chauc. brid, bryd: Wyc. Piers P. brid: Orm. bridd: O. Nrs. burdr, m. Rask, burðr, m. Vigf. partus.]
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v.  bird briddas.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “brid.” 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/5127.

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