rop
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See broþ for instances in which that word translates jus
ofer-brǽw
An eye-brow ⬩ supercilium
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An eye-brow Hæfþ mǽden tácn on oferbráwe,Lchdm. iii. 188, 5
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bracan
To break, bruise ⬩ bray in a mortar, to beat up ⬩ conterere ⬩ contundere
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To break, bruise or bray in a mortar, to beat up conterere contundere Ðá sceolon beón ele bracene then shall they be beaten up with oil, Lev. 6, 21
bríwan
To cook, dress food ⬩ coquere
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To cook, dress food; coquere Bríw his mete wið ele dress his meat with oil, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 22; 266, 29
brǽdre
- Ors. 1, 1 ;
- Bos. 21, 2,
broader
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broader
for-bredan
To transform ⬩ transfomāre
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To transform; transfomāre Sceolde beornas forbredan should transform men, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 149; Met. 26, 75: Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 31
brogdian
to glitter ⬩ be splendid
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to glitter, be splendid Scimerað, bródað vibrat(minor modico Phoebi radiis qui vibrat atomo. Ald. 272, 32), An. Ox. 23, 51. Mid dislicum glengum broddiende stolidis pompis indrutieans, 1218
brægd
fraud
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fraud. Bréd astus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 68: 5, 62. Bútan ǽlcen brǽde, C. D. ii. 58, 26. Ne beó nǽnig man bregda tó full, Bl. H. 109, 29. Hý æt mé leornedan leáse bregdas, Wlfst. 255, 15. Add
mis-bregdan
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Add:: [cf. H. S. misbreyde an offence, misdeed.]
brægd
to twist, braid, weave ⬩ Deceit, fraud; ⬩ dolus, fraus.
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Deceit, fraud; dolus, fraus
bréðer
to a brother; ⬩ fratri,
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to a brother; fratri, Lk. Bos. 12, 13;
brant
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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brócung
affliction, sickness ⬩ Sickness ⬩ ægritudo
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Sickness; ægritudo Þurh his brócunge through his sickness, Homl. Th. i. 472, 7
hám-bringan
To bring a wife home, marry
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To bring a wife home, marry Ne hí beóþ hámbroht ne geǽwnode neque nubentur, Mone Gl. 357
brondegur̄
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Cippan-ham
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.
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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
Linked entries: brǽmbel brǽmbel-brǽr brǽmbel-leáf brémbel brémbel-rind brémber brémblas
geápes
In width ⬩ wide ⬩ lāte
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In width, wide; lāte Strúdende fýr, steápes and geápes, forswealh eall eador the ravaging fire swallowed all together, high and wide, Cd. 119; Th. 154, 16; Gen. 2556. So Bouterwek takes it, but the word is rather a neuter genitive after 'eall;' cf. vv
ge-bredan
to draw ⬩ unsheath ⬩ brandish ⬩ stringĕre ⬩ evagĭnāre ⬩ vibrāre ⬩ to draw breath ⬩ take breath ⬩ inspire ⬩ inspīrāre ⬩ to weave ⬩ plait ⬩ nectĕre ⬩ plectĕre ⬩ to feign ⬩ pretend ⬩ simŭlāre
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to draw, unsheath, brandish; stringĕre, evagĭnāre, vibrāre He sweord gebræd he drew his sword, Beo. Th. 5118; B. 2562. Sweord gebrudon ða synfullan glădium evagĭnāvērunt peccātōres, Ps. Spl. 36, 14. Gif hwa his wǽpn gebrede if any one draw his weapon
Linked entries: ge-bræd ge-bregdan ge-broden ge-broiden ge-brudon