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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,

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

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

weorold-broc

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-broc, secular use.
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After woroldbroce in l. 3 insert: (-bryce, v. l. , Mart. H. 136, 9)

weax-bred

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

a table, tablet for writing ona 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

(n.)

a glance while, a moment.

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a glance while, a moment

bred-ísern

(n.)

a graving iron

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a graving iron, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 162, 28

Bret-walas

(n.)
Grammar
Bret-walas, pl. m.

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

(adj.)
Grammar
bróc-líc, adj.

Sick, grieved, miserableæger

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Sick, grieved, miserable; æger

bróc-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bróc-líce, adv.

Sickly, grievouslyægre

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Sickly, grievously; ægre

hind-brér

(n.)
Grammar
hind-brér, es; m.

A raspberry plant; rubus idæus,

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A raspberry plant; rubus idæus, Lchdm. iii. 22, 31

beó-breád

(n.)
Grammar
beó-breád, bió-breád, bí-breád, es; n.

BEE-BREADapum panishoney-combfavus

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sweeter than if thou blendedst bee-bread with honey Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 20; Rä. 41, 59.

edor-brice

(n.)
Grammar
edor-brice, -bryce

a fence-breaking

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a fence-breaking, L. Alf. pol. 40; Th. i. 88, 10, note 25

breáw-ern

(n.)
Grammar
breáw-ern, es; n.

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

(n.)
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a breaking into a castle, L. In. 45; Th. i. 130, 6, note 9

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

mǽr-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
mǽr-bróc, es; in.

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)

Linked entries: bróc mǽr-ác

mearc-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-bróc, es; m.

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

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-bróc, es; m.

A mill-brook

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A mill-brook On mylenbróc; ðonne andlang streámes, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 198, 30