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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.

bríw

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Briig pulenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 38. Bríu puts, An. Ox. 53, 35. Bríw wiþ þon ilcan and sealf; Lch. ii. 4, 8. Bríwes tácan is þæt þú wecge þíne fýst swilce þú bríw hrére, Tech. ii. 123, 13. Gebríw wel swíþne bríw mid hwǽtemelwe, Lch. ii. 354, 11. Biíwas

bræc

(n.)
Grammar
bræc, brec, es; n. (?)

A brackbreak

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A brack, break [v. N. E. D. D. D. s. vv.], a strip of uncultivated land (?) Of ðane ealdan mǽre innon ðá(m ?)

bréme

(adv.)
Grammar
bréme, adv.

Famously, notably, gloriously;famose, solemniter, gloriose

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Famously, notably, gloriously; famose, solemniter, gloriose Is his miht ofer middangeard bréme gébledsod his might is gloriously blessed throughout the earth, Andr. Kmbl. 3434; An. 1721

Linked entry: brýmuste

BROC

(n.)
Grammar
BROC, es; m?

A BROCK, badgertaxo = tassusmeles

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A BROCK, badger; taxo = tassus [=tasso It: taisson Fr.], meles Broc taxo vel melus, Wrt. Voc. 78, 4: Ælfc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 10; Wrt. Voc. 22, 53. Sum fyðerféte nýten is, ðæt we nemnaþ taxonem, ðæt ys broc on Englisc there is a four-footed animal, which

Linked entry: brocc

brega

(n.)
Grammar
brega, m.

A governor, ruler, princeimperator, princeps

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A governor, ruler, prince; imperator, princeps Dá se brega mǽra geladade leóf weorud when the great prince assembled the dear company, Exon. 14a; Th. 29, note 1; Cri. 456, note

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

bræs

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Bræs es, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 9. Add:

broc

(n.)
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a kind of locust ? Broc ophiomachus (v. Vulg. Lev. xi. 22), Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 67. [v. N. E. D. brock cicada spumaria.]

BRÆS

(n.)
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BRÆS, es; n.

BRASS;æs

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BRASS; æs Bræs oððe ár æs, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 59

Linked entry: ÁR

bróm

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Broom, bróm genista, Txts. 66, 465. Bróm, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 28. Bróma genistarum, miricarum, Hpt. Gl. 408, 60 : An. Ox. 2, 7. ¶ the word occurs in many local names, v. C. D. vi. pp. 263-4. Add

BRORD

(n.)
Grammar
BRORD, es; m?

A prick or point, a lance, javelin, the first blade or spire of grass or cornpunctus, cuspis, frumenti spica, herba

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A prick or point, a lance, javelin, the first blade or spire of grass or corn, etc; punctus, cuspis, frumenti spica, herba Brord punctus, Cot. 157. Ne furðan brordas not even blades; ne herbæ quidem, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 35. Brord herba, Mt. Lind. Rush

bræc

(n.)
Grammar
bræc, rheum, l. brǽc (v. ge-breec pituita, Erf. Gl. 775): -bræc.

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

bróder

(n.)

a brother

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a brother Bróder sune a brother's son, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Som. 75, 27; Wrt. Voc. 51, 71

bryc

(n.)

a bridgepons

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a bridge; pons Ðæt he dó bryc-geweorc that he do bridge-work, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 2

brémra

(adj.)
Grammar
brémra, comp. of bréme.

more illustrious

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more illustrious, Salm. Kmbl. 366; Sal. 182;

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

brord

(n.)
Grammar
brord, es; m.

a point

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Add: a point: Brord, broord punctus, Txts. 86, 782. Brord punctus, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 74: pun(c)tus, ii. 68, 53. a spire of grass or corn þý lǽs þá ofþinenan corn in brord gehwyrfden (should sprout), Hml. A. 204, 320. Brordas clumula (spicarum glumula

BRÍW

(n.)
Grammar
BRÍW, es; m.

A thick pottage made of meal, pulse, etcBREWISpulspultisπόλτοςporridge

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A thick pottage made of meal, pulse, etc, BREWIS; puls; gen. pultis = πόλτος porridge Ðes bríw this pottage; hæc puls, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 46; Som. 13, 9: Wrt. Voc. 290,38. Swá þicce swá bríw as thick as pottage, L. M. I. 36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 18: 2, 51; Lchdm

Linked entries: calwer-bríw briig