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brún-fág

(adj.)
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brún-fág, adj.

coloured, dyedOf a brown colour, brown-huedfulvi coloris

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[brown, fág coloured, dyed] Of a brown colour, brown-hued; fulvi coloris Ætbær brúnfágne helm he bore away the brown-hued helmet, Beo. Th. 5223; B. 2615

salu-brún

(adj.)
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salu-brún, adj.

Dark-brown

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Dark-brown Hrefn sweart andsealobrún Fins. Th. 70; Fin. 35

Linked entries: sealo-brún salu

brún-wann

(adj.)
Grammar
brún-wann, adj.

fuscusaterDark-brown, duskyfusco-ater

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[brún fuscus, wan, wann ater] Dark-brown, dusky; fusco-ater Niht helmade brúnwann beorgas steápe dusky night covered over the steep mountains, Andr. Kmbl. 2613; An. 1308

Linked entry: wann

efen-brád

(adj.)
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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.]

Linked entry: brád

brún-basu

(adj.)
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brún-basu, -baso; adj.

brownpurpleDark-purple, purple, purple-red, scarletpurpureus, ostriger, coccineus, puniceus

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[brún brown, basu purple] Dark-purple, purple, purple-red, scarlet; purpureus, ostriger, coccineus, puniceus Brúnbasere reádnysse purpureo ostro, Mone B. 6102. Brúnbasum [MS. -bæsewum], reádum purpureis, 2087. Brúnbasum purpureis, 189.

bryne-bróga

(n.)
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bryne-bróga, an; m.

fear; dreadFear or dread of fireincendii terror

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[bróga fear; dread] Fear or dread of fire; incendii terror Wið brynebrógan against the fire's dread, Exon. 55a; Th. 195, 24; Az. 161

hellewíte-bróga

(n.)
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Similar entries v. wíte-bróga. But cf. be fyrhto þæs tintreglican wítes hé leóþ geworhte de horrore poenae gehennalis carmina faciebat, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 487, 15), Wlfst. 151, 24

Linked entry: helle-wíte

un-brád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-brád, adj.

Not broadnarrow

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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.

brún-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
brún-wyrt, brúne-wyrt, e; f.

BROWNWORT or water-betonyscrofularia aquaticawood-betony or brownwortscrofularia nodosa

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Genim brúne wyrt take brownwort, 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 268, 9, 13: 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 100, 5: 1, 48; Lchdm. ii. 122, 16. wood-betony or brownwort; scrofularia nodosa [Genim] ða brúnan wyrt brádleáfan, sió weaxeþ on wuda take the broad-leafed brownwort, which

Linked entry: bran-wyrt

ǽ-brec

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-brec, [eá water, bræc]

A catarrhrheumrheuma

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A catarrh, rheum; rheuma

beón-broþ

(n.)
Grammar
beón-broþ, es; n.

meada drink of water and honey mingled and boiled togethermelicratum

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Perhaps mead, a drink of water and honey mingled and boiled together; melicratum L. M. 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 216, 12

Linked entry: broþ

cealer-bríw

(n.)
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cealer-bríw, es; m.

calviale

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A thick pottage made of curds; calviale Gl. Lchdm. ii. 375, 18

fót-bred

(n.)
Grammar
fót-bred, es; n.

A foot-boardstirruptăbella in qua pĕdes requiescuntastrăba

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A foot-board, stirrup; tăbella in qua pĕdes requiescunt, astrăba [q. v. in Du Cange] Fótbred [MS. fótbret] astrăba, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 67; Wrt. Voc. 16, 40

Linked entry: bred

helle-bróga

(n.)
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helle-bróga, an; m.

The terror of hell

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The terror of hell On hellebrógan gesette hí syndon in inferno positi sunt, Ps. Lamb. 48, 15. Of handa hellebrógan de manu inferi, 48, 16

heorot-brér

(n.)
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heorot-brér, e; f. v. [?] heorot-brembel
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Heortbrére moro, Lk. Skt. Rush. 17, 6

Linked entry: brér

nam-bred

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

A tablet on which names are writtena register

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A tablet on which names are written, a register Nombred albo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 35

pic-bred

(n.)
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glosses glans, Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 58 (at(?) t

sealo-brún

Similar entry: salu-brún

ge-brec

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Dele: hláf-gebrec

tæppil-bred

Similar entry: tæppel-bred