Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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bryst

(n.)
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a bristle

hríseht

(adj.)
Grammar
hríseht, adj.

Bushy ⬩ bristly ⬩ setosus

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Bushy, bristly; setosus, Cot. 186, Lye

Linked entry: hrísig

Brycg-stów

(n.)

Bristol

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Bristol, Chr. 1052; Th. 314, 27

raggig

(adj.)
Grammar
raggig, adj.
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Shaggy, bristly, ragged as applied to the rough coat of a horse Raggie setosa, Hpt. Gl. 524, 16

-byrst

(suffix)
Grammar
-byrst, -byrste
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-bristled, v. fiþer-byrst, fiþer-byrste, ge-byrst, ge-byrst

Bryt-land

(n.)
Grammar
Bryt-land, Bryt-lond, es; n.

The land of Britain, Wales ⬩ Britannia, Cambria

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The land of Britain, Wales; Britannia, Cambria Ðá fór Harold mid scipum of Brycgstówe abútan Brytland then Harold went with his ships from Bristol about Wales, Chr. 1063; Ing. 251, 21. Into Brytlande in Walliam, Chr. 1063; Gib. 170, 41, note l

Linked entry: Bryt-

fiþer-byrste

(adj.)
Grammar
fiþer-byrste, (?); adj.
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Having four bristles (? of a stick split into four at the end) Genim ǽnne sticcan and gewyrc hine feðorbyrste . . . styre mid ðý sticcan ðá buteran, Lch. iii. 24, 18

Linked entry: feþor-byrste

byrst

(n.)
Grammar
byrst, a bristle.
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., in passage from Lch. read swínen . . . bristle, and add Byrst seta, An. Ox. 51, 1. Brysti setes, Txts. 109, 1132. Manu, brystae (biriste, Hpt. 33, 244, 5) juba, setes porci et leonis cabalique, 110, 1182.

igil

(n.)
Grammar
igil, íl, es; m.

A hedgehog ⬩ porcupine ⬩ an urchin

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Sebastian] was as full of arrows as a hedgehog is of bristles, Shrn. 55. 9.

Linked entry: iil

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