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ge-brengan

(adj.)
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Add: to bring to or from a place, where the object is material Gif gebrenges (offeres) ðing ð ín tó wígbed, Mt. L. 5, 23. Gebrengað ł lǽdað hiá educit eas, Jn. L. 10, 3. Hié þá scipu binnan Lundenbyrig gebróhton, Chr. 896; P. 89, 21. Gebróhtun (obtulerunt

on-bregdan

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Þú hit mé hæfst nú swíðe sweotole gereht, swylce þú hæbbe þá duru ábróden (anbróden, v. l. ) þe ic ǽr sóhte, Bt. 35, 3; S. 97, 24. Add

tó-bregdan

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Add Tó tóbrédenne diripiendas (illi circa diripiendas sarcinulas occupantur, Bt. bk. 1. prosa 3), An. Ox. 34, 3. to distract Heorte tóbróden ymbe woroldcara cor dispersum in rerum curis, Chrd. 70, 19

wiþ-bregdan

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Sum man him onsænde be his cnihtum twá spyrtan . . . þára óðre se cniht wiðbrǽd (subripuit), Gr. D. 203, 5. Add

a-bregdan

Grammar
a-bregdan, <b>. I</b> I.
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Hé his exe úp ábrǽd, Hml. S. 31, 152. Add

á-breóþan

Grammar
á-breóþan, lib.
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Abroðene soluti, Chrd. 77, 36. Add

tó-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon (-brudon ?); pp. -brogden, -bróden (-broden ? in O. and N. tobrode rimes with unsode).

to separate (trans.) by a quick movement,to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. )to pull apartto separate (intrans.) by a quick movement,to break off,start from sleep,to awaketo separate by making a quick movement with something

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to separate (trans.) by a quick movement, to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. ) Hú ǽnig mæg gangan in húse stronges and fatu his tóbregdan (diripere), nymþe ǽr gebindaþ se stronge and ðonne hús his tóbrægdeþ (diripiat), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 29. Hé tóbrǽd

be-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-bregdan, p. -brægd, pl. -brugdon; pp. -brogden

To pretendsimulare

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To pretend; simulare, Lk. Lind. War. 20, 20

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óþ-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-bregdan, -brédan
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to take away, carry off Ða burgleóde óþbrúdon ða snore mid hiere suna, and hí sendon on óðer fæstre fæsten. Ors. 3, II; Swt. 148, 21. Hæbbe hé Godes unmiltse, se ðe ðis áwende and ðere stówe óþbréde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 4, 3. Hé (Nero when Rome was burning

ge-brengan

Grammar
ge-brengan, <b>; II.</b>
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add: where the action is given by a clause Sé wearð on gebróht ꝥ hé ofsleán wolde þá Iúdéi, Hml. S. 25, 549

þurh-brengan

(v.)

to bring through

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to bring through Hé tóslát sǽ and hé þurhbróhte ( perduxit ) hig, Ps. Lamb. 77, 13

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under-bregdan

(v.)

to spread under

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to spread under Óþer eáre hí him on niht under-brédaþ and mid óðran hí wreóð unam aurem sibi noctem substernunt, de alia se cooperiunt, Nar. 37, 12

wiþ-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd,-brǽd,pl. -brugdon, -brúdon

To withholdrestraincheckhold back

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To withhold, restrain, check, hold back Gif ðæt mód ðæm willan ne wiðbrítt dum in cogitatione voluptas non reprimitur, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 8. Godes feónd wiðbrítt ðæm untruman móde ðære sibbe (dilectionem proximorum vulneratis cordibus subtrahens ) ðe

á-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-bregdan, -brédan.
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Add: trans. with idea of quick or forcible movement, to drag, pull, snatch, pluck Se heofon ábrét ðás tunglan underbæc, Angl. vii. 14, 137. Februarius mónð bissextus up ábrét, viii. 307, 29. Hí ðone mete him of ðám múðe ábrúdon, Hml. Th. i. 404, 5. Ðá

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Breoten-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
Breoten-ríce, es; n.
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The kingdom of Britain Basianus féng tó Breotenríce (Brytene rice, v. l.) Bassianus regno potitus est. Bd. l, 5 ; Sch. 17, 25

Breoten-wealda

(n.)
Grammar
Breoten-wealda, an; m.
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The ruler of Britain Ic Æðelstán Ongol-Saxna cyning and Brytænwalda eallæs ðyses íglandæs ego Æðelstanus rex et rector totius hujus Britanniae insulae, C. D. v. 218, 17. Ongol- Saxna cyning and Brytenwalda ealles ðyses íglandæs Angul-Saxonum necnon et

Linked entry: Bret-walda

mis-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-bregdan, pp. -bróden ( not broden).
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Add:: [cf. H. S. misbreyde an offence, misdeed.]

Breoten-ríce

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Breotanríces fægran íglandes cyncg, Nap. 11. Add

ofer-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-bregdan, -brédan.

To overspread, cover, draw a covering overTo break out over a surface

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Grammar ofer-bregdan, v. trans. To overspread, cover, draw a covering over Se ða burh oferbrægd blácan líge, Andr. Kmbl. 3080; An. 1543. Niht oferbrǽd beorgas steápe, 2613; An. 1308. Grammar ofer-bregdan, intrans. To break out over a surface Scamoniam

on-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bregdan, -brédan; p. brægd, -brǽd, pl. brugdon, -brudon.

To move quicklyTo move (oneself) quickly, to start (from sleep)

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with dat. acc. (?), To move quickly Heáfde onbrygdeþ þriwa áscæceþ the Phenix thrice moves its head (bowing to the sun) (igniferum caput ter venerata), Exon. Th. 207, 18; Ph. 143. Onbrǽd recedes múþan raþe æfter ðon on flór treddode Grendel opened the