bracu
Similar entry: fearn-bracu
brád
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Hring on heofonum brǽdre þonne sunne, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 9. Add
brim
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Tó brimes faroðe, B. 28. Add
bréd
broad,
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broad, Chr. 189; Erl. 9, 25
brec
A breaking, crash, noise; ⬩ fractio, fragor, strepitus.
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A breaking, crash, noise; fractio, fragor, strepitus
bregu
a leader, ruler, prince,
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a leader, ruler, prince, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 33; Æðelst. 33
bród
Freely, of free cost ⬩ gratis
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Freely, of free cost; gratis Bród gratis, Wrt. Voc. 284, 71
bryc
a bridge ⬩ pons
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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
bríwan
To cook, dress food ⬩ coquere
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To cook, dress food; coquere Bríw his mete wið ele dress his meat with oil, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 22; 266, 29
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
brim-streám
the sea's current, ocean-stream, the sea, ocean ⬩ maris fluctus, mare, oceanus ⬩ a rapid stream, river ⬩ fluvius rapidus, amnis
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the sea's current, ocean-stream, the sea, ocean; maris fluctus, mare, oceanus Ic on brimstreáme spræc worda worn I spake many words on the ocean-stream, Andr. Kmbl. 1806; An. 905. Beóton brimstreámas the sea-streams dashed, 477; An. 239. Ic eów ferian
Linked entry: brym-streám
BOX
The BOX-tree ⬩ buxus ⬩ buxus sempervirens ⬩ the box-tree or box-wood
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The BOX-tree; buxus = πύξos, buxus sempervirens, Lin Box buxus, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 39; Wrt. Voc, 33, 36: 79, 71. Æt ðam boxe, of ðam boxe at the box-tree, from the box-tree, Cod. Dipl. 1102; A. D. 931; Kmbl. v. 195, 14
Linked entry: box-treów
box
A wooden case made of box-wood, a BOX ⬩ buxom, pyxis ⬩ a box
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A wooden case made of box-wood, a BOX; buxom, pyxis = πυξίs Bixen box a box made of box-wood; pyxis, Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 96; Wrt. Voc. 25, 36. Forcorfen [MS. forcaruen] box a carved box; buxom, Ælfc. Gr. 6, 9; Som. 5, 59. Seó hæfde box mid deórwyrþre
box
a box
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a box. Add:
box
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A box-tree. Box bux[us], Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 27 : buxus, An. Ox. 56, 331. Þýfela vel boxa belsarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 44. Add:
brér
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Breer anguens. Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 27. Brær murus, 114, 48. Brære tribula, 122, 73. f., in bracket dele 'Fr. bruyère . . . Du Cange,' and add
box
Similar entry: gewyrt-box
brég
an eye-lid,
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an eye-lid, Ps. Surt. 131, 4: Bd. 4, 32 ; S. 611, note 18