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BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copiouslatus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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Se hearda þegn lét brádne méce brecan ofer bordweal the fierce thane caused his broad sword to break over the shield, Beo. Th. 5948;B. 2978.

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

brǽd

Grammar
brǽd, (-u, -o)

breadth

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breadth. Wæs seó wícstów on lengo .xx-es furlonga long, and swá eác brǽdo, Nar. 12, 17. On lenge and on brǽde, 33, 22. Mið braeda extensione, Mt. p. 15, 13. Mid wudu beweaxen míle brǽdo circumdatum silua mille passus. Nar. 12, 8. Seó eorþe wæs fíf æcra

bræd

Grammar
bræd, l. brǽd,

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breád

a bitbread

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Add: a bit, morsel (of bread) Breádru frusta (panis) (cf. hláfgebrece, Ps. Th. 147, 6: stycce hláfes, Ps. Srt.), Bl. Gl. bread: Breád bacan, Wlfst. 296, 8. Þám mannum sceal man sellan beren bread, Lch. ii. 220, 7.

BRǼW

(n.)
Grammar
BRǼW, breáw, breág, brég, brégh, bréhg, es; m.

An eye-lid;palpebra

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Unwlítig swile and atelíc his eágan brégh [brég MS. C.] wyrde and wemde an unsightly and fearful swelling harmed and corrupted his eye-lid, Bd. 4, 32 ; S. 611, 18.

brid

(n.)
Grammar
brid, bridd, es; m.

The young of any of the feathered tribe; pullus

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The young of any of the feathered tribe; pullus Earnes brid an eagle's young, Exon. 59 a; Th. 214, 7; Ph. 235. Þurh briddes hád through the state of a young bird, 61 a; Th. 224, 7; Ph. 372. Ðæt híg offrunge sealdon twegen culfran briddas ut darent hostiam

Linked entries: bird briddas

brǽd

(n.)

flesh

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flesh Þonne (after the burning) brǽd weorþeð eal edníwe eft ácenned inde reformatur qualis fuit ante figura, Ph. 240

bród

(adv.)
Grammar
bród, adv.

Freely, of free cost gratis

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Freely, of free cost; gratis Bród gratis, Wrt. Voc. 284, 71

brerd

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Crocca sý ásett on eorþan oþ brerd, Lch. iii. 292, 4. Se ele feóll ofer þá brerdas þǽre bydene oleum ora dolii transiens, Gr. D. 160, 13. Add

brid

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Brid pullus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 45. Cicen oððe brid, i. 77, 37. Brid swalwan pullus hirundinis, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 185, I. Fugla briddas, gif hié ǽr wilniað tó fleóganne ǽr hira feðra fulweaxene sín, Past. 383, 29. Sellan wel meltende mettas, culfrena briddas

BRÉR

(n.)
Grammar
BRÉR, es; m.

A BRIER, the bramble tribulus, rubus fruticosus

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A BRIER, the bramble; tribulus, rubus fruticosus Genim brér ðe hiopan on weaxaþ take a brier on which hips grow, L. M. l, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 15.

Bret-

(prefix)
Grammar
Bret-, Bryt-

a Welshman,

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a Welshman

Linked entries: wealh Bret-land

bryd

(n.)
Grammar
bryd, es; n.

A drawing, drawing outextractio

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A drawing, drawing out; extractio Mid wǽpnes bryde by the drawing of a weapon, L. Alf. pol. 38; Th. i. 86, 16

brégd

Grammar
brégd, brégda.
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Dele

bréc

(n.)
Grammar
bréc, acc. s. and nom. pl. of bróc, f.

the breech, breeches,

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the breech, breeches, L. M. 1. 71; Lchdm. ii. 146, 3: R. Ben. 55;

brégd

(n.)
Grammar
brégd, bregda

fear, terror, dread,

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fear, terror, dread

bræd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bræd,
  • Byrht. Th. 136, 20
  • ;
  • By. 154;
p. of bredan.

plucked, drew out

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plucked, drew out

bród

(n.)
Grammar
bród, e; f.

a growing together, congealing, waxing hard; concretio.a BROOD proles

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a growing together, congealing, waxing hard; concretio. Cot. 55. a BROOD proles, v. bródig ;

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breód

(n.)

a bit, morsel, bread,

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a bit, morsel, bread, Jn. Rush. War. 13, 27

Bret

(n.)
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a Briton Ne wearð án Bret (Brit, v. l. ) tó láfe, Chr. 491; P. 14, 17