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gyrdel-bred

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Substitute: A writing-tablet Gyrdelbred pugil/aris, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 75

brád-þistel

(n.)
Grammar
brád-þistel, gen. -þistles; m.

A thistle with long leaves, sea-holm, sea-holly ⬩ eryngium = ήρύγγιoν ⬩ eryngium maritimum,

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A thistle with long leaves, sea-holm, sea-holly; eryngium = ήρύγγιoν, eryngium maritimum, Lin Brádþistel eryngion, Cot. 212

bréd-búr

(n.)

a bed-chamber

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a bed-chamber, Hymn Surt. 34, 30: 103, 17

bréd-guma

(n.)

a bridegroom

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a bridegroom, Mt. Kmbl. Hat. 9, 15

gyrdel-bred

(n.)
Grammar
gyrdel-bred, es; n.

Pugillar

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PugillarLye

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hand-bred

(n.)
Grammar
hand-bred, es; n.

The palm of the hand ⬩ palma ⬩ palma

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The palm of the hand; palma Ðis handbred hoc ir, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 26. Handbred palma, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 71, 2; Wrt. Voc. 43, 56. Hondbreodo palmas, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 67. Sleánde mid handbredum striking with the palms of their hands, Homl. Th.

ge-bredan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bredan, p. -bræd, pl. -brudon; pp. -broden [ge-, bredan to draw]

to draw ⬩ unsheath ⬩ brandish ⬩ stringĕre ⬩ evagĭnāre ⬩ vibrāre ⬩ to draw breath ⬩ take breath ⬩ inspire ⬩ inspīrāre ⬩ to weave ⬩ plait ⬩ nectĕre ⬩ plectĕre ⬩ to feign ⬩ pretend ⬩ simŭlāre

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Cyning wælseaxe gebræd the king brandished his deadly knife, 5400;B. 2703. to draw breath, take breath, inspire; inspīrāre Ðeáh he late meahte oreþe gebredan though he could slowly take breath, Exon. 49 b; Th. 172, 4; Gú. 1138. to weave, plait; nectĕre

ge-brégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brégan, p. de; pp. ed [ge-, brégan to give fear]

To frighten ⬩ terrify ⬩ terrére ⬩ perterrére

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To frighten, terrify; terrére, perterrére Wæs his mód mid ðám beótungum gebréged his mind was frightened by the threats, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 14. Ic wæs mid ðysse ongrislícan wæfersýne gebréged I was terrified by this horrible sight, 5, 12; S. 628, 9.

brego-weard

(n.)
Grammar
brego-weard, es; m. [brego
a ruler, prince;
weard
a guard, keeper
]

a ruler, prince; ⬩ a guard, keeper ⬩ A royal guard, prince, lord ⬩ princeps, dominus,

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A royal guard, prince, lord; princeps, dominus, Cd. 131; Th. 166, 13; Gen. 2747: 106; Th. 140, 26; Gen. 2333

hind-brér

(n.)
Grammar
hind-brér, e; f.
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Hindbrér erimius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 2. Hindbrére erimia, Txts. 58, 352. Add:

tæppel-bred

(n.)
Grammar
tæppel-bred, es; n.

A board covered with a carpet, a foot-stool

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A board covered with a carpet, a foot-stool Fótscamel ł tæppelbred his fóta scabellum pedum ejus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 35. Tæppilbred, 22, 44

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un-brád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-brád, adj.

Not broad ⬩ narrow

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Not broad, narrow Eall swá brád seó sunne is swá eall eorðan ymbhwyrft, ac heó þingð ús swýðe unbrád, Lchdm. iii. 236, 8. Se unbráda þistel scolimbos, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 12. On brǽde, ðár hit brádest is, fíf geurda, and ðǽr hit unbrádost is, ánne geurde

brád-nes

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Fyðerscýte brádnys triquadra (mundi) latitudo, Hpt. Gl. 437, 7. On brádnysse in superficie, 451, 1. Brádnysse, vastitatem, 491, 73. Add

bred-weall

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efen-brád

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-brád, adj.
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Equally broad, as broad (as long) Paradisus is eall efenlang and efenbrád, E. S. viii. 477, 7. [O. H. Ger. eban-breit: Icel. jafn-breiðr.]

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hand-bred

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Handbred vola, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 15. Of werlicum folman, handbrede uirili uola, An. Ox. 1549. Handbrede palmula, Germ. 399, 462. Ástrehtum handbredum tó heofenlicum rodore, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 10. Úpáwendum handbredum wiþ þæs heofones weard, Hml. S. 26,

weax-bred

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weax-bred, <b>. I.</b>
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Wexbred abbachus, tabula pictoria, Hpt. 31, 9- 155- Add

weax-bred

(n.)
Grammar
weax-bred, es; n.

a table, tablet for writing on ⬩ a table, list

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a table, tablet for writing on Ðá wrát hé gebedenum wexbrede (wæx-, Lind.) postulans pugilarem scribsit, Lk. Skt. 1, 63. Sýn gesealde from ðæm abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, ðæt is ... græf, ... weaxbreda dentur ab abbate omnia quae sunt necessaria, id

brád-nes

(n.)
Grammar
brád-nes, -ness,-nis, -niss,-nys,-nyss, e; f. [brád broad, large, -nes, -nis, -nys -ness]

broad, large ⬩ -ness ⬩ BROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; ⬩ latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies

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BROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies Se ródor belýcþ on his bósme ealle eorþan brádnysse the firmament incloses in its bosom all the extent of the earth, Hexam. 5;Norm. 8, 27. Se wǽta, gyf hit sealt byþ of ðære

Linked entries: brǽded-nes brǽd-nys

brád-æx

(n.)
Grammar
brád-æx, e; f.

A broad axe; an axe ⬩ dolatura, dolabrum

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A broad axe; an axe dolatura, dolabrum Brádæx dolatura, dolabrum, Cot. 68;Ælfc. Gl. 51;Som. 65, 131;Wrt. Voc. 34, 59

Linked entry: brádlást-æx