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,
heorot-brér
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Heartbreer, Lk. L. 17, 6. Add
mǽr-bróc
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Of Afene in mǽrbróc . . . on ðone nearuan byge on Afene; upp andlang strémes, ðæt eft upp on mǽrbróc, C. D. iii. 436, 33-437, 8. Add
weax-bred
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Wexbred abbachus, tabula pictoria, Hpt. 31, 9- 155- Add
weorold-broc
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After woroldbroce in l. 3 insert: (-bryce, v. l. , Mart. H. 136, 9)
weax-bred
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
brac-hwíl
a glance while, a moment.
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a glance while, a moment
bred-ísern
a graving iron
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a graving iron, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 162, 28
Bret-walas
The Britons of Wales;
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The Britons of Wales; Walli — Cynríc ða Bretwalas gefliémde Cynric routed the Welsh, Chr. 552; Th. 28, 39, col. 1
Linked entry: Bret-
bróc-líc
Sick, grieved, miserable ⬩ æger
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Sick, grieved, miserable; æger
bróc-líce
Sickly, grievously ⬩ ægre
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Sickly, grievously; ægre
hind-brér
A raspberry plant; ⬩ rubus idæus,
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A raspberry plant; rubus idæus, Lchdm. iii. 22, 31
beó-breád
BEE-BREAD ⬩ apum panis ⬩ honey-comb ⬩ favus
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sweeter than if thou blendedst bee-bread with honey Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 20; Rä. 41, 59.
Linked entries: beón-breád bí-breád bió-breád
edor-brice
a fence-breaking
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a fence-breaking, L. Alf. pol. 40; Th. i. 88, 10, note 25
breáw-ern
A brewing-place, brew-house; ⬩ coquina cerevisiæ,
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A brewing-place, brew-house; coquina cerevisiæ, Grm. ii. 338, 3 Breáwern aporleriterium, forte, apolyterium, Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 67, 17
burh-brece
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a breaking into a castle, L. In. 45; Th. i. 130, 6, note 9
fót-bred
A foot-board ⬩ stirrup ⬩ tăbella in qua pĕdes requiescunt ⬩ astrăba
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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
mǽr-bróc
A brook which forms a boundary
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A brook which forms a boundary, cf. mearc-bróc Tó mǽrbróce; of mǽrbróce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 5: 438, 27: v. 284, 29 (where mér-bróc is the same as merc-bróc of l. 13)
mearc-bróc
A brook which serves as a boundary
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A brook which serves as a boundary Andlang Ecclesburnon tó ðam meatcbróce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 193, 31. Ðis synd ða landgemǽra. Ǽrest ðǽr mercbróc scýt on Seolesburnan; of mearcbróce ... swá andlang burnan eft on mérbróce, 284, 12-30
mylen-bróc
A mill-brook
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A mill-brook On mylenbróc; ðonne andlang streámes, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 198, 30