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
ge-brúcan
To enjoy ⬩ eat ⬩ perfrui ⬩ edere ⬩ manducare
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To enjoy, eat; perfrui, edere, manducare Hí ðæs biǽdes gebrocen hæfdon they had enjoyed the success, Exon. 38 b; Th. 127, 29; Gú. 393.Miððý sacerdhád gebréce cum sacerdotio fungeretur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 8. Ðætte hia gebrécon manducarent, Jn. Skt. Lind
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breóst
the chest ⬩ thorax ⬩ the stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ a breast ⬩ mamma ⬩ mamilla
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H. 105, 16. a breast; mamma, mamilla Hé hét hí gewríðan on ðám breóste, and hét siððan of áceorfan. Heó him cwæð tó: ' Ne sceamode þé tó ceorfanne ꝥ ꝥ ðú sylf suce, ac ic habbe míne breóst on mínre sáwle ansunde '. . .
bróc
to break, purl, ripple ⬩ A BROOK ⬩ latex, torrens
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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
freóls-brice
A breach or violation of a festival ⬩ festi violātio
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A breach or violation of a festival; festi violātio On freólsbricurn [MS. freólsbricon] in breaches of festivals, L. Eth. vi. 28; Th. i. 322, 19. Freólsbrycas breaches of festivals, Wulfst. 109, 152
breóst-cófa
the breast, the heart, mind, ⬩ a cave ⬩ chamber ⬩ The breast-chamber, breast, heart, mind; ⬩ pectoris cubile, pectus, uber, cor, animus
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The breast-chamber, breast, heart, mind; pectoris cubile, pectus, uber, cor, animus Under breóstcófan sub pectore, Wanl. Catal. 48, 43. Ðú eart hiht mín fram breóstcófan módor mínre tu es spes mea ab uberibus matris meæ, Ps. Lamb. 21, 10.
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fæsten-brice
A breach of a fast, fast-breaking, BREAKFAST ⬩ jējūnii violātio, jentācŭlum: On fæstenbricum [MS. fæstenbricon] in breaches of fasts
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A breach of a fast, fast-breaking, BREAKFAST; jējūnii violātio, jentācŭlum: On fæstenbricum [MS. fæstenbricon] in breaches of fasts, L. Eth. vi. 28; Th. i. 322, 19
brémel-leáh
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A lea covered with brambles On bré-merleáh; of brérnerleá, C. D. iii. 80, 26
brǽdan
broad ⬩ latus ⬩ To make broad, BROADEN, extend, spread, stretch out ⬩ dilatare, propalare, expandere ⬩ To be extended or developed, grow or rise up; ⬩ dilatari, adolescere
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v. trans. To make broad, BROADEN, extend, spread, stretch out; dilatare, propalare, expandere Hí heora stówe brǽddon they broadened their places, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 24. He gesihþ brimfuglas brǽdan feðra he sees sea-fowls spread their wings, Exon. 77 a
a-breóðan
To unsettle ⬩ ruin ⬩ frustrate ⬩ degenerate ⬩ deteriorate ⬩ perdere ⬩ degenerare
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To unsettle, ruin, frustrate, degenerate, deteriorate; perdere, degenerare Hæleþ oft hyre hleór abreóðeþ a man often unsettles her cheek, Exon. 90a; Th. 337, note 18; Gn. Ex. 66. Abreóðe his angin he frustrated his enterprise, Byrht. Th. 138, 59; By.
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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
birgan
to taste
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to taste Byrgeth libat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 33. Ic ꝥ wæter bergde aquam gustavi, Nar. 8, 28, 30. Seó swétnes ðe ic ǽr byrigde (bregde, v. l.) (degustans ), Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 625, 12. Úser Drihten gallan berigde, Angl. xi. 173, 3. Bergað gustate, Ps. Srt.
bringan
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Ic bringe dono, ostendo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 2. Ic þé bringe mid mé tó heofonum, Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 17. Lytel gestreón wiþerweardnes þé bringþ, 20; F. 72, 13. Ic nát hwæt þá woruldlustas myrges bringaþ hiora lufigendum, 31, l ; S. 70, 14. Gif ðú wille ðín
BRÉMEL
A BRAMBLE, brier, blackberry bush ⬩ ribulus, vepres, rubus fruticosus,
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A BRAMBLE, brier, blackberry bush; ribulus, vepres, rubus fruticosus, Lin Herba rubus [erusti MS. = rubus fruticosus], ðæt is brémel [brémbel MS. H.] the herb rubus, that is bramble, Herb. cont. 89; Lchdm. i. 34, 21. Genim ðás wyrte ðe man brémel [brǽmbel
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BREÓWAN
To BREW; ⬩ cerevisiam coquere
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To BREW; cerevisiam coquere Ne biþ ðǽr nǽnig ealo gebrowen mid Estum there is no ale brewed by the Esthonians, Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 22, 17. Ne dranc he nánes gemencgedes wǽtan, ne gebrowenes he drank not of any mixed or brewed fluid, Homl. Th. i. 352, 7
hád-brice
An injury done to persons in holy orders, a violation of holy orders ⬩ ordinis infractura, sacri ordinis violatio
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An injury done to persons in holy orders, a violation of holy orders; ordinis infractura, sacri ordinis violatio Gif hwá hádbryce gewyrce, gebéte ðæt be hádes mǽðe if any one do an injury to a person in holy orders, let him make amends for it according
heofon-hláf
Heavenly bread ⬩ bread from heaven ⬩ manna
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Heavenly bread, bread from heaven, manna Hí heofonhláfe hálige gefylde pani cæli saturavit eos, Ps. Th. 104, 35
offrung-hláf
Sacrificial bread, the shew-bread
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Sacrificial bread, the shew-bread Hé æt ða offringhláfas panes propositionis comedit, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 4. :-
and-beorma
That which is without barm ⬩ unleavened ⬩ unleavened bread ⬩ the feast of unleavened bread ⬩ azyma
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That which is without barm, unleavened, unleavened bread, the feast of unleavened bread; azyma Andbita vel [and-]beorma azyma, Cot. 17
breóst-wærc
A breast-pain, the asthma, short windedness, ⬩ pectoris dolor vel morbus, forsan asthma, ⬩ ἄσθμα ⬩ short breath, a panting.
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A breast-pain, the asthma, short windedness,; pectoris dolor vel morbus, forsan asthma, Lye. = ἄσθμα short breath, a panting