under-bregdan
to spread under
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to spread under Óþer eáre hí him on niht under-brédaþ and mid óðran hí wreóð unam aurem sibi noctem substernunt, de alia se cooperiunt, Nar. 37, 12
wiþ-bregdan
To withhold ⬩ restrain ⬩ check ⬩ hold back
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To withhold, restrain, check, hold back Gif ðæt mód ðæm willan ne wiðbrítt dum in cogitatione voluptas non reprimitur, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 8. Godes feónd wiðbrítt ðæm untruman móde ðære sibbe (dilectionem proximorum vulneratis cordibus subtrahens ) ðe
mis-bregdan
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Add:: [cf. H. S. misbreyde an offence, misdeed.]
on-bregdan
To move quickly ⬩ To move (oneself) quickly, to start (from sleep)
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with dat. acc. (?), To move quickly Heáfde onbrygdeþ þriwa áscæceþ the Phenix thrice moves its head (bowing to the sun) (igniferum caput ter venerata), Exon. Th. 207, 18; Ph. 143. Onbrǽd recedes múþan raþe æfter ðon on flór treddode Grendel opened the
be-bregdan
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Séteras ðá ðe hiǽ sóðfæsto bebrugden (simularent). Add
brégan
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Þæt hit leásung wǽre, þæt hí þæt folc mid brégdan, Wlfst, 100, 7. Ðá óðre sint tó bréganne (-eanne, v. l.) istis inferre metum debemus, Past. 181, 7. Bregende terrentia, An. Ox. 4419. Add
for-bredan
transform ⬩ to corrupt
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Substitute: to destroy by dragging about, v. bregdan; I. I a Hé wæs fram deóflum forbróden and hé sweolt he was dragged about by devils and he died, Mart. H. 214, 31: 28, 2. to hurl to destruction Forbregd praecipita, Ps.
brégan
fear, terror ⬩ To give fear, frighten, make afraid, terrify, astonish ⬩ terrere, pavefacere, stupefacere
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To give fear, frighten, make afraid, terrify, astonish; terrere, pavefacere, stupefacere Hí sǽ-ýða swýðe brégaþ the sea-waves greatly frighten them, Runic pm. 21; Kmbl. 343, 24; Hick. Thes. i. 135. Ðeáh hí me swá brégdon, ne dorston hí me gehrínan though
bredan
brédan
To cherish ⬩ nourish
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To cherish, nourish, hatch an egg Feormat, broe*-*deth fovet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 79. Brédeþ, feormaþ fovit, 35, 74. Fugelas ne týmað swá swá óðre nýtenu, ac ǽrest hit bið ǽig, and seó módor siððan brét þæt ǽig tó bridde, Hml. Th. i. 250, 24. Been týmað
brédan
to make broad
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to make broad, Bt. 18, 1; Rawl. 38, 33, MS. Cot
bredan
to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck; ⬩ plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere ⬩ to change, vary, transform; ⬩ vertere, variare, transformare
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to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck; plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere Ic brede nett plecto, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 8. Ic brede me max plecto mihi retia, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 13. Beadohrægl broden on breóstum læg the armour
brédan
to roast, broil, warm,
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to roast, broil, warm, Cot. 86
brégd
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Dele
brégd
fear, terror, dread,
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fear, terror, dread
breátan
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Transfer the passage to breótan, and see remark at á-breátan
bremman
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Bremmendra ru-dentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 84. For ' bremman . . . 192 ' substitute
breówan
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Dó on breówende wyrt. Lch. ii. 332, 22. Add
breátan
To break, demolish, destroy, kill; ⬩ frangere, conterere, necare
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To break, demolish, destroy, kill; frangere, conterere, necare Hí hálge cwelmdon, breóton [breotun MS.] bóccræftige [bóccræftge MS.] bærndon gecorene they slew the holy, destroyed the book-learned, burned the chosen, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 25; Jul. 16
brengan
To bring, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carry; ⬩ ferre, afferre, offerre, proferre
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To bring, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carry; ferre, afferre, offerre, proferre Ðæt geár mót brengan blósman the year may bring blossoms, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, He brengeþ æfter swegeltorht sunne he brings after him the heavenly-bright sun, Bt. Met. Fox 29
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