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brand-stefn

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Icel. brandr a ship's beak; or [brand- = brant- ?] high-prowed. Ne mæg wind áwecgan ne wæterflódas brecan brond-stæfne, An. 507. Substitute: Having a prow with a beak?

Linked entry: brond-stæfn

brún

(adj.)
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Bruun burrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 30: 11, 38 : furbum , 109, 33. Brún furvum, i. nigrum, 36, 17: badius, 11, 39: burrus, rufus, 126, 77: purpurea (cf. ðý brúnan oððe þý brúnbasewan punicio , Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 26), An. Ox. 526: 3, 36. Ýð sió brúne (cf

brád

(adj.)
Grammar
brád, <b>. II</b> 1.
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Hring on heofonum brǽdre þonne sunne, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 9. Add

brád

(n.)
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the full breadth of the hand Swá mycel swá gód hande brád, Vis. Lfc. 73. [v. N. E. D. broad; <b> B.</b> 2.]

Bret-

(prefix)
Grammar
Bret-, Bryt-

a Welshman,

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a Welshman

Linked entries: wealh Bret-land

brot

(n.; part.)
Grammar
brot, es; n. [broten; pp. of breótan
to break
]

to breakA fragmentfragmentum

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A fragment; fragmentum

BRÚN

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÚN, adj.

BROWN, dark, duskyfuscus, subniger, rufus, furvus

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BROWN, dark, dusky; fuscus, subniger, rufus, furvus Sum brún part brown, Exon. 60 a; Th. 218, 17; Ph. 296. Brúne leóde brown people; Æthiopes, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 4; Exod. 70. Sió brúne ýþ the dusky wave, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 58; Met. 26, 29

Bryt-

(prefix)

A WelshmanWallus

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A Welshman; Wallus: used in compounds

brýt

(n.)
Grammar
brýt, e; f.

A nymph, bridenymphaνύμφη

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A nymph, bride; nympha [= νύμφη a bride],Ælfc. Gl. 88; Som. 74, 64; Wrt. Voc. 50, 45

Bret

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

bret

(v.)
Grammar
bret, 3rd pres. of bredan

varies, changes

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varies, changes; Hǽðen cild biþ gefullod, ac hit ne bret ná his hiw wiðútan, ðeáh ðe hit beó wiðinnan awend a heathen child is baptized, but it varies not its aspect without, although it be changed within, Homl. Th. ii. 268, 30

brit

knitsplectit

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knits; plectit

brýt

(v.)
Grammar
brýt, 3rd pers. pres. of breótan.

breaks

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breaks;

bræd-ísen

Grammar
bræd-ísen, (brǽd- ?).

A chisel

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A chisel Brǽdísen scalpellum, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 42. Bredísern (-aern), Txts. 95, 1793. Dele bracket, and substitute :

bræc-cóþu

Grammar
bræc-cóþu, l. bræc-coþu (bræc-?).

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bræc-seóc

Grammar
bræc-seóc, (brǽc-?).
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Bræcseóc freneticus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 6. Bræccéc lunaticus. Mt. L. 17, 15. Bræcceic, p. 18, 1. Gif mon sý bræcseóc (epileptic), Lch. ii. 284, 31. Bræcseóca caducus, demoniacus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 36. Wiþ bræcseócum men, Lch. ii. 138, 8. Bræcseóce lunaticos

brǽd-nys

Grammar
brǽd-nys, -brǽd-ness.
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brand-óm

(n.)

blight

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blight Similar entries (v. brand, II a) Brondoom rubigo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 34

bræc-seócnes

(n.)
Grammar
bræc-seócnes, -ness, e; f.

Epilepsy;epilepsia.

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Epilepsy; epilepsia

fearn-bracu

(n.)
Grammar
fearn-bracu, e; f.

A fern-brake

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A fern-brake, bed of fern On fearnbraca súðeweardæ, C. D. v. 173, 18

Linked entry: bracu