ge-bryce
a breaking ⬩ breach
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a breaking, breach, Ps. Lamb. 105, 23
for-slæhþ
breaks
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breaks, L. Ethb. 50; Th. i. 16, 1;
FNÆST
A puff ⬩ blast ⬩ breath ⬩ flātus ⬩ anhēlĭtus
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A puff, blast, breath; flātus, anhēlĭtus Úre fnæst ateoraþ our breath faileth, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 18. Þurh ðæs fíres fnæst through the fire's blast, Exon. 74a; Th. 277, 29; Jul. 588.
bacan
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Þæt man breád bace, Wlfst. 296, 8. Þá oflǽtan þe gé sylfe bacen, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 35. Hláf bacan panes coquere, 160, 26. Ofen wæs gegearwod tó þon ꝥ man wolde on bacan, Gr. D. 219, 12. Add
breóst-bedern
The breast-chamber, the inmost thoughts, the mind, the breast, chest ⬩ pectoris conclave vel cubile, i. e. pectus intimum, thorax ⬩ θώραξ
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The breast-chamber, the inmost thoughts, the mind, the breast, chest; pectoris conclave vel cubile, i. e. pectus intimum, thorax = θώραξ Fóran-bodig vel breóstbedern [MS. beden] thorax [MS. tora], Ælfc. Gl. 73; Som. 71, 26; Wrt. Voc. 44, 12
úder
an udder ⬩ a breast
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an udder, a breast Of údrum uberibus, Kent. Gl. 203
byrst
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bursts, breaks, fails; 3rd pers. pres. of berstan
tó-ceówan
To chew to pieces, ⬩ break up by chewing ⬩ masticate
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To chew to pieces, break up by chewing, masticate Ðæt húsel biþ betwux tóðum tócowen, Homl. Th. ii. 270, 33. Deoflen torendeð ham ant tocheoweð ham euch greot, O. E. Homl. i. 251, 12. Hit tocheoweð ant touret Godes milce, A. R. 202, 16
tó-stingan
To prick to pieces ⬩ break by pricking
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To prick to pieces, break by pricking Genim wulfes swýþre eage and hyt tósting, Lchdm. i. 362, 2. Ðonne ðú ðæt geswel tóstinge oþþe sníþe, ii. 208, 20.
Linked entry: tó-stician
breóst-hyge
the mind ⬩ The breast-thought ⬩ pectoris cogitatio
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The breast-thought; pectoris cogitatio, Andr. Elen. Grm. xxxix
tó-fillan
To cause to fall in different directions, ⬩ to demolish, ⬩ destroy, ⬩ break to pieces
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To cause to fall in different directions, to demolish, destroy, break to pieces God heáfdas feónda gescǽneþ and hé tófylleþ feaxes scádan ðe hér on scyldum swǽrum eodon Deus conquassabit capita inimicorum suorum; verticem capilli perambulantium in delictis
feorh-loca
Life's inclosure ⬩ the breast ⬩ ănĭmæ claustrum ⬩ pectus
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Life's inclosure, the breast; ănĭmæ claustrum, pectus Eom ic, in mínum feorhlocan, breóstum, inbryrded to ðam betran hám I am, in my life's inclosure, in my breast, impelled to the better home, Exon. 42 a; Th. 141, 11; Gú. 625
be-briceþ
breaks off ⬩ deprives by breaking
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breaks off, deprives by breaking,Salm. Kmbl. 592; Sal. 295
hreðer-cófa
The breast
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The breast, Exon. 27 a; Th. 81, 25; Cri. 1329
tó-brǽdness
Extent, ⬩ breadth
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Extent, breadth On tóbrǽdnysse in latitudine, Ps. Spl. 117, 5
Linked entry: brǽd-nys
ge-sinlíce
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Hé breác gesinlíce Dúnstánes rǽdes, Lch. iii. 440, 4. diligently Hé georne behogige and gesinlíce (georne, v.l.) gíme hwæþre . . . curiose intendat et sollicitus sit. . . R. Ben. 97, 14
ge-broc
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add: a breach On gebroce in confractione, Ps. Vos. 105, 23. Cf. ge-bryce
breóost-gebeorh
a defence ⬩ A defence for the breast, hence a defence generally, bulwark, tower; ⬩ propugnaculum,
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A defence for the breast, hence a defence generally, bulwark, tower; propugnaculum, Cot. 152
æt-berstan
To break out or loose ⬩ to escape ⬩ get away ⬩ erumpere ⬩ evadere
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To break out or loose, to escape, get away; erumpere, evadere Ða ælbærst him sum man evosit homo quidam, Gen. 14, 13. Ða fíf cyningas ætburstop fugerunt enim quinque reges, Jos. 10, 16. Ðæt he ðanon ætberste that he escape thence, L. C.
Linked entries: æt-byrst at-berstan
mamme
A teat ⬩ breast ⬩ mamma
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A teat, breast (Lat. mamma) An mamman in papillas, Germ. 401, 77