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bracigean

(v.)
Grammar
bracigean,

to dress, minglecounterfeit with brassærare

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to dress, mingleor counterfeit with brass ærare

sacian

(v.)
Grammar
sacian, ode

To strive, brawl

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To strive, brawl Gif men saciaþ si rixati fuerint viri, Ex. 21, 22. Fela sind ðe wyllaþ fracodlíce him betwýnan sacian many there are that will shamefully brawl among themselves, Homl. Th. ii. 294, 1

Linked entry: and-sacian

íg-land

(n.)
Grammar
íg-land, es ; n.

An island

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An island Brittene ígland is ehta hund míla lang and twá hund brád. And hér sind on ðis íglande fíf geþeóde the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred broad.

Linked entries: eá-land ég-land

treów

(n.)
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</b> add :-- Stód þǽr án medmycel ród on þǽre eorðan, and wæs swá mycel þæs treówes gesyne swá wolde beón gód hande brád, Vis. Lfc. 72

ǽren

brazensounding as brass, tinkling(?)

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Srt. 106, 16. sounding as brass, tinkling(?) Tinnulus, a tinniendo dicitur, id est eran (=ǽren?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 45

ofer-féran

(v.)

to pass over or through, to cross, traverseto come upon or across, meet with

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Se mór swá brád swá man mæg on twám wucum oferféran, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 34. to come upon or across, meet with Se here férde intó Myrcean and fordydon eall ðæt hé oferférde, Chr. 1016; Erl. 157, 12. Similar entries v. ofer-faran

þræc-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
þræc-heard, adj.
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Brave in battle Þrungon þræchearde, Elen. Kmbl. 245; El. 123

þistel

(n.)
Grammar
þistel, es; m.
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Brád thistle erithius, 302, col. 1.) Þúfe þistel sow thistle, Lchdm. ii. 312, 20. Genim ðæs scearpan þistles moran, 314, 11. Þistles blóstm thistle-down; pappus, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 23.

Linked entry: brád-þistel

lytes-ná

(adv.)
Grammar
lytes-ná, lytes-ne, lytest-ne; adv.

Almostnearly

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Wæs his ríce brád wíd ofer werþeóde lytesná ofer ealne yrmenne grund his realm was broad, wide over mankind, almost over all the world, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 13; Jul. 10.

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á-fyllan

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Th. i. 68, 3. ꝥ folc þæs fægnode áfylde (-fyllede, v. l. ) mid þám brǽðe. Hml. S. 27, 112

ár-gesweorf

(n.)
Grammar
ár-gesweorf, es ; m.

Brass filingslimatura æris

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Brass filings; limatura æris, L. M. 1, 34; Lchdm. ii. 80, 22

níþ-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
níþ-weorc, es; n.

Battleconflict

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Battle, conflict Níþweorca heard brave in battle, Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 26

heaðu-deór

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-deór, adj.

Brave, stout in war

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Brave, stout in war, Beo. Th. 1380; B. 688: 1548; B. 772

dýr

(adj.)

brave, bold

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brave, bold, Cd. 174; Th. 218, 10; Dan. 37

gold-mæstling

(n.)
Grammar
gold-mæstling, -mæslinc, es; n.
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Brass, latten; auricalcum, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 65: Wrt. Voc. 85, 8

Linked entry: mæstling

torrebrande

torribus

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Voc. ii. 61, 44, read torre brande; cf. torribus brandum, 94, 56

temesian

(v.)
Grammar
temesian, temsian
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In such a loaf the coarse bran only is removed. v. Glossary. Temse-bread is given in Ray's South and East-Country Words, E. D. S. Pub. B. 16), Mk. Skt. Lind. 2, 26

wulfes-camb

(n.)
Grammar
wulfes-camb, es; m.

Wild teazle

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Se bráda wulfes-camb camemelon alba, i. 67, 26. Wulfes-camb. Genim ðysse wyrte seáw ðe man chameaelae, and óðrum naman wulfes-camb nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 122, 12. Heó hafaþ leáf swá wulfes-camb, 278, 14.

leáh

(n.)
Grammar
leáh, f.
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In illud septum tó brádan leáge, transitque illo septo brádan leáge, iii. 383, 18. On ceaforleáhe; of ðǽre leáhe, 77, 26 : 79, 2. v. fyrs-, gemót-,, Add

ǽren-byt

(n.)
Grammar
ǽren-byt, -bytt, e; f. [byt a butt, vessel]

A brass pan or vessellenticula

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A brass pan or vessel; lenticula, Wrt. Voc. 25, 17