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brǽd

Grammar
brǽd, (-u, -o)

breadth

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breadth. Wæs seó wícstów on lengo .xx-es furlonga long, and swá eác brǽdo, Nar. 12, 17. On lenge and on brǽde, 33, 22. Mið braeda extensione, Mt. p. 15, 13. Mid wudu beweaxen míle brǽdo circumdatum silua mille passus. Nar. 12, 8. Seó eorþe wæs fíf æcra

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brǽd

(n.)
Grammar
brǽd, e; f: brǽdo,brǽdu; indecl. f. [brád
broad; latus
]

broadlatusBREADTH, width, latitudelatitudo, amplitudo

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BREADTH, width, latitude; latitudo, amplitudo Biþ se arc fíftig fæðma on brǽde the ark shall be fifty fathoms in breadth; quinquaginta cubitorum erit latitudo arcæ, Gen. 6, 15. On brǽdo his stealles latitudine sui status, Bd. 1, 1;S. 474, 29. Ic on brǽdu

brǽd

(adj.)

broadlatus

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broad; latus, Beo. Th. 4421, note

brǽc

(n.)
Grammar
brǽc, braccæ, Som. femoralia,
  • Wrt. Voc. 81, 63
, = bréc; pl. of bróc, f.

breeches

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breeches ;

bræd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bræd,
  • Byrht. Th. 136, 20
  • ;
  • By. 154;
p. of bredan.

plucked, drew out

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plucked, drew out

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

brant

(adj.)
Grammar
brant, bront; adj.

High, deep, steep, difficult;altus, arduus

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High, deep, steep, difficult; altus, arduus Ðæt ðú us gebrohte brante ceóle, heá hornscipe, ofer hwæles éðel, on ðære mǽgþe that thou wouldst bring us with the steep keel, the high pinnacled ship, over the whale's home, to that tribe. Andr. Kmbl. 545

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bratt

(n.)

A cloak;pallium

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A cloak; pallium Forlét hrægl oððe bratt remitte pallium, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 40

wyrt-brǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-brǽþ, es; m.
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A perfume from plants, an odour, aroma Mid brǽðe áfylled swylce ðǽr lǽgon lilie and rose. Ðá cwæð Basilissa: 'Ic wundrie hwanon ðes wyrtbrǽð ðus wynsumlíce stéme,' Homl. Skt. i. 4, 36. Ne mihte nán wyrtbrǽð swá wynsumlíce stéman, ii. 27, 113. Ágeótende

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wyrt-brǽþ

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After 36 in 1. 4 add: 34, 107

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

ge-bræc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bræc, es; n. [ge-, bræc a breaking]

A breakingcrashingnoisefractiofrăgorstrĕpĭtus

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A breaking, crashing, noise; fractio, frăgor, strĕpĭtus Ðá Wearþ borda gebræc then there was a crashing of shields, Byrht. Th. 140, 28; By. 295: Beo. Th. 4510; B. 2259

Linked entries: bræc bræclian

bráde-leác

(n.)
Grammar
bráde-leác, es; n.
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A plant-name Bradelaec (brádæ-, -leác, -léc) serpillum, Txts. 97, 1835. Brádeleác sarpulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 47. Genim rædices .iii. snǽda and brádeleáces gelíce, Lch, ii. 268, 19. Gearwan and brádeleác, iii. 12, 31

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brǽd-panne

Grammar
brǽd-panne, l. brǽde-panne.

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ciric-brǽc

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-brǽc, e; f.
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Church-breaking, breaking into a church Þá heáfodleahtras sind cyrcbrǽce, leásgewitnyssa, stala, Hml. Th. ii. 592, 4. Cf. ciric-bryce

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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

bræd-ísen

(n.; part.)
Grammar
bræd-ísen, bred-ísern, es; n. [bræd, p. of bredan; ísen, ísern, iron]

scalprum, scalpellum

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scalprum, scalpellum ; A scraping or graving tool, file, Brædísen scal- prum, scalpellum, Cot. 173. Bredísern scalpellum, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 162, 28

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a-bræc

(v.)
Grammar
a-bræc, p. of a-brecan

broke

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broke; to break

a-bræd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-bræd, -brægd

drew

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drewMt. Bos. 26, 51. to move, drag, draw