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leás-bregd

(n.)
Grammar
leás-bregd, -bréd, es; m.

Deceitfrauda trickcheatwile

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Deceit, fraud, a trick, cheat, wile Hé hiwode þurh drýcræft fela leásbregda he performed many tricks by magic, Wulfst. 99, 16. Swicol on dǽdum and on leásbregdum, 107, 2. Þurh his leásbregdas, 252, 19. Mid leásbregdum earmum mannum derian to harm poor

brócu

(n.)
Grammar
brócu, pl. of bróc, es; n.

troubles

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troubles ;

burh-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
burh-bryce, -brice, es; m.
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A breaking into a castle or dwelling, — the fine for this burglary, L. In. 45; Th. i. 130, 6, note 9: L. Alf. pol. 40; Th. i. 88, 7, note 16

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bracan

(v.)
Grammar
bracan, p. bróc, pl. brócon, pp. bracen

To break, bruisebray in a mortar, to beat upcontererecontundere

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To break, bruise or bray in a mortar, to beat up conterere contundere Ðá sceolon beón ele bracene then shall they be beaten up with oil, Lev. 6, 21

Deórbý-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Deórbý-scír, Deórbí-scír,e ; f. [Brom. Derbyschire]

DERBYSHIRE ager Derbiensis

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DERBYSHIRE; ager Derbiensis He fór súþ mid ealre ðære scíre, and mid Snotinghamscíre, and Deórbýscíre [Deorbíscíre, Erl. 194, 20] he went south with all the shire, and with Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire, Chr. 1065; Erl. 195, 35

BRYCG

(n.)
Grammar
BRYCG, bricg, e; f.

A BRIDGEpons

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A BRIDGE; pons Ðeós brycg hic pons, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 39; Som. 12, 59. Ðæt he ne myhte to ðære brycge cuman that he could not come to the bridge, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, 14. Eádweard cyning hêt gewyrcan ða brycge ofer Treontan king Edward commanded the bridge

Linked entries: bricg bryc brygc

bræc

(n.)
Grammar
bræc, brec, es; n. (?)

A brackbreak

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A brack, break [v. N. E. D. D. D. s. vv.], a strip of uncultivated land (?) Of ðane ealdan mǽre innon ðá(m ?) bræce; of ðan bræce andlang beces innon ródstubban (cf. the same boundaries in another charter:-- Of ðan ealdan mére innon ðám brece; andlang

brǽdre

(adj.)
Grammar
brǽdre,
  • Ors. 1, 1
  • ;
  • Bos. 21, 2,
= brádre; comp. f. n. of brád.

broader

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broader

brengan

Grammar
brengan, brengean.
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Sé þe mé brengð (bring(ð), v. l.) lác. Past. 342, 8. Hié Gode forhæfd-nesse brengað (briengað, v. l.), 314, 21. Briengað, 395, 36. Bre(n)gað conferunt, Kent. Gl. 889. Bren, bryn affer, affer, 1086. Breng (bring, W. S.) ꝥ lác offer munus, Mt. R.

Eádes burh

(n.)
Grammar
Eádes burh, gen. burge; dat. byrig; f. [Hunt. Edesbirh: Brom. Edesbury]

EDDESBURY, Cheshireloci nomen in agro Cestriensi

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EDDESBURY, Cheshire; loci nomen in agro Cestriensi Æðelflǽd Myrcna hlǽfdige ða burh getimbrede æt Eádes byrig Æthelfled, lady of the Mercians, built the fortress at Eddesbury, Chr. 913; Th. 186, 30, col. 2

Bucc-inga

(n.)
Grammar
Bucc-inga, ham; gen. hammes; m. [
  • Hunt.
Bukingeham:
  • Brom.
Brom. Bukyngham: Bucc, -inga ham, q. v.]

BUCKINGHAMoppidum primarium agri Buccinghamensis

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BUCKINGHAM; oppidum primarium agri Buccinghamensis Fór Eádweard cyning to Buccinga hamme king Edward went to Buckingham, Chr. 918; Erl. 104, 18

brægd

(n.)

fraud

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fraud. Bréd astus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 68: 5, 62. Bútan ǽlcen brǽde, C. D. ii. 58, 26. Ne beó nǽnig man bregda tó full, Bl. H. 109, 29. Hý æt mé leornedan leáse bregdas, Wlfst. 255, 15. Add

burg-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
burg-bryce, burh-bryce, -brice, es; m.
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a breaking into a castle or dwelling; castelli vel domus violatio, L. In. 45; Th. i. 130, 7. the fine to be paid for this burglary; mulcta ob castelli vel domus violationem, L. Alf. pol. 40; Th. i. 88, 7

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brádiende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
brádiende, part. [brád broad, spread out]

broad, spread outStretching out, extending, reachingamplificans, extendens, tendens

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Stretching out, extending, reaching; amplificans, extendens, tendens Fram ðam heofone brádiende niðer óþ ða eorþan reaching from the heavens down to the earth, Ors. 5, 10;Bos. 108, 25

Byr-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Byr-tún, es; m. [Hovd. Burhtun: Brom. Burton super Trent: Stub. Kni. Burton]
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BURTON on Trent, Staffordshire; oppidum ad ripam fluminis Trentæ, in agro Staffordiensi Se cyng geaf him ðæt abbotríce on Byrtúine the king gave him the abbacy at Burton, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 16

friþ-bræc

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-bræc, -brec, e; f.

A peace-breakingbreach of the peacepācis violātio

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A peace-breaking, breach of the peace; pācis violātio Gyf binnan byrig gedón biþ seó friþbræc if the breach of the peace be committed within a city, L. Eth. ii. 6; Th. i. 286, 30. Is ðæt friþbrec that is a breach of the peace, ii. 5; Th. i. 286, 26

hand-brǽd

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hand-brǽd, -bréd, e; f.

A hand's breadthpalmus

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A hand's breadth Handbréd vel span palmus, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 70, 127; Wrt. Voc. 43, 52

BRǼW

(n.)
Grammar
BRǼW, breáw, breág, brég, brégh, bréhg, es; m.

An eye-lid;palpebra

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An eye-lid; palpebra Wið þiccum brǽwum for thick eye-lids, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 9. Ðæt biþ swíðe god sealf ðam men ðe hæfþ þicce brǽwas that will be a very good salve for a man who has thick eye-lids, 1, 2 ; Lchdm. ii. 38, 22, 12. Unwlítig swile

Fearn-dún

(n.)
Grammar
Fearn-dún, e; f. [Hunt. Ferandune: Brom. Farandon: fearn fern, dún a hill]

Faringdon, Berkshire? or Farndon, Northamptonshire?-Hér Eádweard cing gefór on Myrcum æt Fearndúne in this year [A. D. 924] kind Edward died in Mercia at Farndon

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Faringdon, Berkshire? or Farndon, Northamptonshire?-Hér Eádweard cing gefór on Myrcum æt Fearndúne in this year [A. D. 924] kind Edward died in Mercia at Farndon, Chr. 924; Th. 198, 1, col. 2, 3

ge-brotu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brotu, pl. nom. acc. of ge-brot.

fragments

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fragments, Lk. Bos. 9, 17;