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Anglo-Saxon

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becc

(n.)

a beck ⬩ brook

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a beck, brook

brǽd

(adj.)

broad ⬩ latus

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broad; latus, Beo. Th. 4421, note

brédan

(v.)

to roast, broil, warm,

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to roast, broil, warm, Cot. 86

for-gnád

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-gnád, p. of for-gnídan.

rubbed together ⬩ broke

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rubbed together, broke, Ps. Lamb. 104, 16;

bule

(n.)

a stud, boss, brooch ⬩ bulla

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a stud, boss, brooch; bulla, Cot. 26

ænbręce

(n.)
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This in the facsimile of the MS. seems to be the form in El. 1029, the passage given in the Dict. under an-bróce (q. v.). If æþelu be taken as a noun, the first part of the word might be (?) ǽn (cf. ǽn-lic), and the meaning be unique (?)

CAWEL

(n.)
Grammar
CAWEL, cawl, caul, es; m. COLE, colewort, cabbage; caulis, magudăris = μαγύδαρις , brassica, Lin
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Se bráda cawel the broad colewort, cabbage, L. M. 1, 33 ; Lchdm. ii. 80, 9

Linked entry: cál

Brádan-relic

(n.)
Grammar
Brádan-relic, Brádun-reolic,es; m: Brádan-reíg, -eíg = -íg, -e; f.[eíg, íg an island, broad island]

an island, broad island ⬩ Flat Holme, an island in the mouth of the Severn

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Flat Holme, an island in the mouth of the Severn Sǽton hie úte on ðam íglande, æt Brǽdanrelice they sat outward on an island, Flat Holme, Chr. 918;Ing. 132, 19

brádiende

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
brádiende, brádian; p. ode

extend

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To become broad, extend ( intrans. ). Substitute:

hleomoc

(n.)
Grammar
hleomoc, hleomoce, an; f.

Brook-lime

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Brook-lime,Lchdm. Gloss. ii. iii

cneó-holen

(n.)
Grammar
cneó-holen, es; m.

The shrub knee-holm ⬩ butcher's broom ⬩ ruscum

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The shrub knee-holm, butcher's broom; ruscum Wrt. Voc. 285, 48

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, adv.
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Be cumbe ing on holan bróc; ꝥ andlang streámes ing on hlósmoc, C. D. iii. 412, 24. Ing tó ealdan mynstre, Che. E. 185, 7. Hé tihð his fét suá hé inmest mæg, Past. 241, 12. See also verbs where in has been taken as a prefix

níwan-ácenned

(adj.)

new-born

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new-born Ðá wæs broht tó fulwihte níwanácenned cild, Shrn. 130, 7

sceamlíce

(adv.)
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Brúcð wíf healsmene, ac bið sceamlíce brocen (abutitur), Lch. i. lx. 4. Add

ge-þreágean

Grammar
ge-þreágean, ge-þreán, and (?) <b>ge-þreawian</b> (v. ge-þréwud [é = eá. Cf. bréd = breád, 72] incita ( =incitata (?)), Germ. 390, 82 (but with the remark 'b aus þ').
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Add: to rebuke, reprove Geðráð ðá ǽláruas increpat Pharisaeos, Lk. p. 9, 1. Geðreáde him se Hǽlend increpauit illi Iesus, Lk. L. 4, 35. Hé geðreáde (giðreóde, R.) hiá increpans illos, 9, 21. Geþreáte, Mt. L. 17, 18. Ðín ágen þwyrnes þé sceal geþrégean

Linked entry: ge-þréwud

ryplen

(adj.)
Grammar
ryplen, (?); adj.
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>Made of broom Ryplen (þýfflen? ) sparteus, Germ. 399, 457. Similar entries v. þýfel

gingifer

(n.)
Grammar
gingifer, gingiber, gingifere, an; f.

Ginger

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Gingifran broþ broth of ginger, L. M. 1, 18; Lchdm. ii. 62, 6. Genym gingiferan, take ginger, Lchdm. iii. 136, 17

hramsan

(n.)
Grammar
hramsan, pl.

Ramsons ⬩ allium ursinum

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Ramsons, broad-leaved garlic; allium ursinum, Lchdm. iii. 333, col. 2

Linked entry: hromese

rinelle

(n.)
Grammar
rinelle, an; f.
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A brook, stream Rinnellan rivos, Ps. Surt. 64, 11. Cf. rynel

brédan

(v.)

to make broad

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to make broad, Bt. 18, 1; Rawl. 38, 33, MS. Cot

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