brǽd-nys
Broadness; latitude.
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Broadness; latitude
brémel-brǽr
a bramble-brier.
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a bramble-brier
ofer-brǽw
An eye-brow ⬩ supercilium
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An eye-brow Hæfþ mǽden tácn on oferbráwe,Lchdm. iii. 188, 5
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under-scyte
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Add: a drag-shoe or scotch placed below the wheel, brake Underscyte sufflamine, An. Ox. 50, 15
fearn-bracu
A fern-brake
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A fern-brake, bed of fern On fearnbraca súðeweardæ, C. D. v. 173, 18
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gang-tún
A draught-house
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Add: A draught-house Hí worhton ánne gangtún þǽr ðǽr se god Baal ǽr wæs gewurðod (they brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house ; fecerunt pro æde Baal latrinas, 2 Kings 10, 27), Hml. S. 18, 379
hefeld-þrǽd
A thread for weaving ⬩ licium
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Ðá tóbræc hé ða rápas swá swá hefelþrǽdas and he brake the withs as a thread of tow, Jud. 16, 9. Hefelþrǽd licium, Cot. 193, Lye
crucet-hús
A torment house ⬩ afflictionis domus
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dide scærpe stánes ðérinne, and þrengde ðe man ðǽrinne, ðæt him brǽcon alle ðe limes some they put into a crucet-house, that is into a chest that was short, and narrow, and undeep, and put sharp stones therein, and pressed the man therein, so that they brake
tó-brýsan
To crush, ⬩ break in pieces
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Tobrusede brake in pieces, Wick. (2 Kings 18, 4)
for-brecan
To break ⬩ break in two ⬩ bruise ⬩ crush ⬩ violate ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ confringĕre ⬩ conterere ⬩ commĭnuĕre ⬩ viŏlāre
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He helle dúru forbræc he brake hell's door, Cd. 223; Th. 294, 8; Sat. 468: Ps. Spl. 106, 16. Forbrǽcon Rómáne heora áþas the Romans broke their oaths, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 63, 31: Cd. 37; Th. 49, 27; Gen. 798.
FRETAN
to eat up ⬩ gnaw ⬩ FRET ⬩ devour ⬩ consume ⬩ devŏrāre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ comĕdĕre ⬩ to break ⬩ burst ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ rumpĕre
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Rush. 12, 40. to break, burst; frangĕre. rumpĕre Heó wǽre frǽton they brake their covenant, Cd. 149; Th. 187, 7; Exod. 147
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bletsian
To BLESS, wish happiness, consecrate ⬩ benedicere, consecrare ⬩ merciful, kind ⬩ to have mercy
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.], bræc ða hláfas, and sealde his leorningcnihtum he, blessing, brake the loaves, and gave to his disciples, Mt. Bos. 14, 19. Ic bletsie ealle ða ðe hit healden I bless all who may observe it, Chr. 675; Erl. 39, 25.