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ful-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
ful-brecan, p. -bræc, pl. -brǽcon; pp. -brocen

To break entirely ⬩ violate ⬩ pĕnĭtus frangĕre ⬩ violāre

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To break entirely, violate; pĕnĭtus frangĕre, violāre Se ðe áðor fulbrece he who violates either, L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 21

Linked entry: brecan

ge-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brecan, he -breceþ, -bryceþ; p. -bræc, ðú -brǽce , pl. -brǽcon; pp. -brocen; v. trans, [ge-, brecan to break]

To break ⬩ bruise ⬩ crush ⬩ destroy ⬩ shatter ⬩ waste ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ confringĕre ⬩ contrībulāre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ conquassāre ⬩ attĕrĕre

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To break, bruise, crush, destroy, shatter, waste; frangĕre, confringĕre, contrībulāre, contĕrĕre, conquassāre, attĕrĕre Ealra fyrenfulra fyhtehornas ic bealdlíce gebrece snióme omnia cornua peccātōrum confringam. Ps. Th. 74, 9.

Linked entries: ge-bræc ge-brocen ge-bryceþ

bréman

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Eall cynn lofu bréme (celebret). Hy. S. 48, 9. Bletsien þec fiscas and fuglas, ealle þá þe onhrérað hreó wǽgas brémen Dryhten, Az. 142 : 116. Brémed celebratur, honoratur. Hpt. Gl. 470, 67. Add:

brádiende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
brádiende, part. [brád broad, spread out]

broad, spread out ⬩ Stretching out, extending, reaching ⬩ amplificans, extendens, tendens

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Stretching out, extending, reaching; amplificans, extendens, tendens Fram ðam heofone brádiende niðer óþ ða eorþan reaching from the heavens down to the earth, Ors. 5, 10;Bos. 108, 25

brégan

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Ús deófol brégð mid yfelum geðóhtum, Hml. Th. i. 156, 30. Mid óðrum worde hé hierte, mid óðrum hé brégde (terret), Past. 53, 11. Réðe forebécna ꝥ folc earmlíce brégdon, Chr. 793; P. 55, 33.

brǽþ

odour ⬩ exhalation

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Add: odour: — Brǽþ odor, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 26. Mǽre brǽð þǽr stanc, swá ꝥ ꝥ wíf wundrode þæs wynsuman brǽþes, and cwæð ꝥ heó nǽfre ǽr náht swilces ne gestunce. Hml. S. 4, 347. Se brǽð on heora nosðyrlum ne áteorode, Hml. Th. ii. 98, 9. Se wynsuma brǽð

ge-brytan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brytan, p. te; pp. ed [ge-, brytan to break]

To break up ⬩ destroy ⬩ confringĕre ⬩ extermĭnāre

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To break up, destroy; confringĕre, extermĭnāre Gebrytte hine eofor of wuda extermĭnāvit eam ăper. de sylva, Ps. Spl. C. 79, 14. Gebryted wið ecede broken up with vinegar, Med. ex Quadr. 5, 1; Lchdm. i. 348, 3

a-breótan

(v.)
Grammar
a-breótan, p. -breát, pl. -bruton; pp. -broten

To bruise ⬩ break ⬩ destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ frangere ⬩ confringere ⬩ concidere ⬩ necare

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To bruise, break, destroy, kill; frangere, confringere, concidere, necare Billum abreótan to destroy with bills, Cd. 153; Th. 190, 14; Exod. 199. Yldo beám abreóteþ age breaks the tree. Salm. Kmbl. 591; Sal. 295.

Linked entry: a-breátan

ge-brotu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brotu, pl. nom. acc. of ge-brot.

fragments

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fragments, Lk. Bos. 9, 17;

bróðor-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
bróðor-rǽden, bróðer-rǽdenn, e; f.

Brotherhood ⬩ fraternitas

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Brotherhood; fraternitas, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 5, 21

brítan

(v.)
Grammar
brítan, p. te

To pound ⬩ bruise ⬩ crush

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To pound, bruise, crush Gif ðú hyre blósðman brýtest, hé hæfð swæc swylce ellen, Lch. i. 104, 20. Þæt hig grundon on cwyrne oððe brítton populus illud frangebat mola sive terebat in mortario, Num. ll, 8. Genim wyrte leáf and brýt hý, Lch. i. 72, 4. Genim

Linked entry: brýtan

brinnan

(v.)
Grammar
brinnan, p. bran, pl. brunnon; pp. brunnen

To burn ⬩ ardere

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To burn; ardere

brócung

(n.)
Grammar
brócung, e; f. [bróc,
affliction, sickness
]

affliction, sickness ⬩ Sickness ⬩ ægritudo

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Sickness; ægritudo Þurh his brócunge through his sickness, Homl. Th. i. 472, 7

be-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
be-brecan, he, heó -briceþ, -bricþ; p. -bræc, pl. -brǽcon ; pp. -brocen

To break off deprive by breaking ⬩ to break to pieces ⬩ consume ⬩ carpendo spoliare ⬩ confringere ⬩ consumere

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To break off deprive by breaking, to break to pieces, consume; carpendo spoliare, confringere, consumere Beám heó abreóteþ and bebriceþ telgum it crusheth the tree and deprives it of its twigs, Salm. Kmbl. 592; Sal. 295.

Linked entries: be-briceþ be-brocen

Cippan-ham

(n.)
Grammar
Cippan-ham, -hamm, es; m. [Hunt. Cipenham: Brom. Chipenham]

CHIPPENHAM,

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CHIPPENHAM, Wilts; villæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hér hine bestæl se here on midne winter ofer twelftan niht to Cippanhamme in this year [A. D. 878] at mid-winter, after twelfth night, the army stole itself away to Chippenham, Chr. 878; Erl. 79, 29.

Linked entry: Cyppan-ham

brægd

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
brægd, bregd, es; m. [brægd, p. of bregdan
to twist, braid, weave
]

to twist, braid, weave ⬩ Deceit, fraud; ⬩ dolus, fraus.

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Deceit, fraud; dolus, fraus

Linked entries: bræd bregd

dǽge

(n.)
Grammar
dǽge, an; f. A maker of bread, baker
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Pistrilla lytel cofa, pristris dǽge, panis hláf, . . . sparrum daag, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 63-67. Godwíg hæfð geboht Leófgife þá dǽgean (dágean, C. D. iv. 271, 16) æt t Áne dǽgan, Cam. Phil. Soc. 1902, p. 15. [v. N. E. D. dey. Icel. deigja a dairy maid. Cf

BREÓST

(n.)
Grammar
BREÓST, es; n.

the breast of man or beast; ⬩ pectus ⬩ the breasts; ⬩ ubera ⬩ The heart, mind, thought ⬩ pectus, cor, mens

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Ða breós ðe ne sícton ubera quæ non lactaverunt, 23, 29.

for-bryttan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bryttan, -brittan; he -bryteþ, -brytt; p. -brytte; pp. -bryted, -bryt

To break in pieces ⬩ smash ⬩ bruise ⬩ crush ⬩ confringtĕre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ conquassāre

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To break in pieces, smash, bruise, crush; confringtĕre, contĕrĕre, conquassāre Tocwysed hreód he ne forbrytt arundĭnem quassātam non confringet. Mt. Bos. 12, 20.

Linked entry: for-brittan

brúna

(n.)
Grammar
brúna, bruena; gen. pl. of brú.

of eye-brows

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of eye-brows, Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 32; Rä. 41, 100, =

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