Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

bróc

(n.; part.)
Grammar
bróc, es; m? [bróc, p. of bracan]

An inferior horse, a shaking horse, jadecaballus, equus vilior

Entry preview:

An inferior horse, a shaking horse, jade; caballus, equus vilior Ðæt hie sécen him bróc on onráde, and on wǽne, oððe on ðon ðe hie á þrówian mǽgen that they look for themselves to ride on a horse, and in a wain, or in that which they can ever endure,

bróc

(n.)
Grammar
bróc, es; m. [bróc, perf. of bracan
to break, purl, ripple
]

to break, purl, rippleA BROOKlatex, torrens

Entry preview:

A BROOK; latex, torrens Se bróc the brook, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 27. Burna oððe bróc latex, Wrt. Voc. 80, 69. Bróc torrens, Ælfc. Gl. 98; Som. 76, 78; Wrt. Voc. 54, 22. Bróc biþ onwended the brook is turned aside, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 38; Met. 5, 19

BRIM

(n.)
Grammar
BRIM, brym, es; n. m.

Surf, the sea, ocean, surface of the seaæstus aquæ, mare, pelagusπέλαγοςæquor

Entry preview:

Surf, the sea, ocean, surface of the sea; æstus aquæ, mare, pelagus = πέλαγος, æquor Brim sceal sealt weallan the salt sea shall foam. Menol. Fox 552; Gn. C. 45: Andr. Kmbl. 884; An. 442: 3147; An. 1576: Cd. 166; Th. 208, 2; Exod. 477: Exon. 95 b; Th

Linked entry: brym

bróc

(n.)
Grammar
bróc, es; pl. brócu; n: bróc, gebróc,

Affliction, misery, tribulation, trouble, labour, adversity, a disease, malady, sicknessafflictio, miseria, tribulatio, labor, adversitas, morbus, ægritudo

Entry preview:

metaphorically, that which violently breaks from the body or mind; hence, Affliction, misery, tribulation, trouble, labour, adversity, a disease, malady, sickness; afflictio, miseria, tribulatio, labor, adversitas, morbus, ægritudo God nyle nán unaberendlíce

bríw

Entry preview:

Briig pulenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 38. Bríu puts, An. Ox. 53, 35. Bríw wiþ þon ilcan and sealf; Lch. ii. 4, 8. Bríwes tácan is þæt þú wecge þíne fýst swilce þú bríw hrére, Tech. ii. 123, 13. Gebríw wel swíþne bríw mid hwǽtemelwe, Lch. ii. 354, 11. Biíwas

brand

a fire-branda torchburningbrand

Entry preview:

Add: a fire-brand, a piece of wood that is burning or intended for burning Brand (brond) titio, Txts. 100, 987 : Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 40: torris, 284, 19. Cylle, brond calbrum, ii. 127, 70. Nán brand nolde byrnan under þám wætere, Hml. S. 36, 399. Brandas

Linked entry: brand-óm

Bret-

(prefix)
Grammar
Bret-, Bryt-

a Welshman,

Entry preview:

a Welshman

Linked entries: wealh Bret-land

BROC

(n.)
Grammar
BROC, es; m?

A BROCK, badgertaxo = tassusmeles

Entry preview:

A BROCK, badger; taxo = tassus [=tasso It: taisson Fr.], meles Broc taxo vel melus, Wrt. Voc. 78, 4: Ælfc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 10; Wrt. Voc. 22, 53. Sum fyðerféte nýten is, ðæt we nemnaþ taxonem, ðæt ys broc on Englisc there is a four-footed animal, which

Linked entry: brocc

broc

(n.)
Entry preview:

a kind of locust ? Broc ophiomachus (v. Vulg. Lev. xi. 22), Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 67. [v. N. E. D. brock cicada spumaria.]

bróm

Entry preview:

Broom, bróm genista, Txts. 66, 465. Bróm, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 28. Bróma genistarum, miricarum, Hpt. Gl. 408, 60 : An. Ox. 2, 7. ¶ the word occurs in many local names, v. C. D. vi. pp. 263-4. Add

bred

a boardplanka tablet

Entry preview:

Add: a board, plank Bred tabetum. Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 81. Ic ðé bidde ðæt ðú mé on ðǽm scipgebroce ðisses lífes sum bred gerǽce, ðæt ic mæge on sittan, oð ic tó londe cume, Past. 467, 24. Legs bred þweores ofer þá fét, Lch. ii. 342, 6. Ðá ungesewenlican

bret

(v.)
Grammar
bret, 3rd pres. of bredan

varies, changes

Entry preview:

varies, changes; Hǽðen cild biþ gefullod, ac hit ne bret ná his hiw wiðútan, ðeáh ðe hit beó wiðinnan awend a heathen child is baptized, but it varies not its aspect without, although it be changed within, Homl. Th. ii. 268, 30

bród

(adv.)
Grammar
bród, adv.

Freely, of free cost gratis

Entry preview:

Freely, of free cost; gratis Bród gratis, Wrt. Voc. 284, 71

bryc

(n.)

a bridgepons

Entry preview:

a bridge; pons Ðæt he dó bryc-geweorc that he do bridge-work, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 2

brid

Entry preview:

Brid pullus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 45. Cicen oððe brid, i. 77, 37. Brid swalwan pullus hirundinis, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 185, I. Fugla briddas, gif hié ǽr wilniað tó fleóganne ǽr hira feðra fulweaxene sín, Past. 383, 29. Sellan wel meltende mettas, culfrena briddas

bryne

(n.)
Grammar
bryne, byrne, es; m.

to burnA burning, fire, flame, heatustio, ardor, incendium, ignis, flamma, fervor

Entry preview:

[byrnan to burn] A burning, fire, flame, heat; ustio, ardor, incendium, ignis, flamma, fervor Ne se bryne beót mæcgum the burning did not hurt the youths. Cd. 187; Th. 232, 24; Dan. 265: Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 24; Ph. 229: 53b; Th. 189, 9; Az. 57. Mid ðý

Linked entry: byrne

bréc

(n.)
Grammar
bréc, acc. s. and nom. pl. of bróc, f.

the breech, breeches,

Entry preview:

the breech, breeches, L. M. 1. 71; Lchdm. ii. 146, 3: R. Ben. 55;

BRÍW

(n.)
Grammar
BRÍW, es; m.

A thick pottage made of meal, pulse, etcBREWISpulspultisπόλτοςporridge

Entry preview:

A thick pottage made of meal, pulse, etc, BREWIS; puls; gen. pultis = πόλτος porridge Ðes bríw this pottage; hæc puls, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 46; Som. 13, 9: Wrt. Voc. 290,38. Swá þicce swá bríw as thick as pottage, L. M. I. 36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 18: 2, 51; Lchdm

Linked entries: calwer-bríw briig

bród

(n.)
Grammar
bród, e; f.

a broodbreedinghatching

Entry preview:

Substitute: a brood: Beócere apiarius, beóbreád favum, bród gratis (cf. grates (e over i which is struck out), cellae apium, Corp. Gl. H. 61, 170), Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 71: ii. 41, 26. Of ðám hunige beón brédað heora bród, Hml. Th. ii. 10, 17. Bród foetibus

Linked entry: bród

brim

(n.)
Grammar
brim, es; n. (not m.),
Entry preview:

Monnum bið ðonne (in June) gewunelic ðæt hí líðað on sǽs bryme, Shrn. 88, 2. Ofer sǽs brim, Bl. H. 143, 6. dele passages from An. 496, Edw. 12, and add