bráde
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Blinde gefettan, þæt hý lócedan bráde, Wlfst. 5, 2 : 47, 11. Þú héte him bysmere bráde healdan, Ps. Th. 103, 25. Add: —
bráde
Broadly, widely
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Broadly, widely late Físon bráde bebúgeþ Pison widely encompasses it, Cd. 12;Th. 14, 23;Gen. 223: Exon. 13 a;Th. 24, 5;Cri. 380: Ps. Th. 106, 37
breád
a bit ⬩ bread
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Add: a bit, morsel (of bread) Breádru frusta (panis) (cf. hláfgebrece, Ps. Th. 147, 6: stycce hláfes, Ps. Srt.), Bl. Gl. bread: Breád bacan, Wlfst. 296, 8. Þám mannum sceal man sellan beren bread, Lch. ii. 220, 7. Þicge hé bread gebrocen on hát wæter
bret
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
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
BRÚN
BROWN, dark, dusky ⬩ fuscus, 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
BRÍW
A thick pottage made of meal, pulse, etc ⬩ BREWIS ⬩ puls ⬩ pultis ⬩ πόλτος ⬩ porridge
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A thick pottage made of meal, pulse, etc, BREWIS; puls; gen. pultis = πόλτος porridge Ðes bríw this pottage; hæc puls, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 46; Som. 13, 9: Wrt. Voc. 290,38. Swá þicce swá bríw as thick as pottage, L. M. I. 36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 18: 2, 51; Lchdm
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brerd
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Brerd labrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 54. Se sǽ gefylde ꝥ scip oð þá yfmestan þeolu þæs bryrdes (brerdes, v. l.) mare usque ad superiores tabulas implevit navem, Gr. D. 249, 1, 12. Wið tó briorde usque ad summum. Mk. R. 13, 27. Tó briorde upp, Jn. R. L. 2,
BRÓGA
A prodigy, monster, trembling, fear, terror, horror, dread ⬩ monstrum, tremor, terror, horror
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A prodigy, monster, trembling, fear, terror, horror, dread; monstrum, tremor, terror, horror Ǽnig óðer bróga any other prodigy, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 17.
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brim
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Monnum bið ðonne (in June) gewunelic ðæt hí líðað on sǽs bryme, Shrn. 88, 2. Ofer sǽs brim, Bl. H. 143, 6. dele passages from An. 496, Edw. 12, and add
BRÉR
A BRIER, the bramble ⬩ tribulus, rubus fruticosus
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A BRIER, the bramble; tribulus, rubus fruticosus Genim brér ðe hiopan on weaxaþ take a brier on which hips grow, L. M. l, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 15. Sindon burgtúnas brérum beweaxene [MS. beweaxne] the city-dwellings are overgrown with briers, Exon. 115b
bróm-fæsten
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A place full of broom bushes Bróm-fæsten genescletum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 29. Substitute:
brád-nes
broad, large ⬩ -ness ⬩ BROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; ⬩ latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies
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BROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies Se ródor belýcþ on his bósme ealle eorþan brádnysse the firmament incloses in its bosom all the extent of the earth, Hexam. 5;Norm. 8, 27. Se wǽta, gyf hit sealt byþ of ðære
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bric-
a bridge
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a bridge
bróc-minte
BROOKMINT, horsemint ⬩ mentha sylvestris ⬩ Σισύμβριον ⬩ sisymbrium officinale
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BROOKMINT, horsemint; mentha sylvestris, Lin.Lin. Σισύμβριον sisymbrium officinale Brócminte. Genim ðysse wyrte wós, ðe man sisymbrium, and óðrum naman brócminte nemneþ Brookmint. Take the juice of this plant, which men call σισύμβριον, and by another
broþ
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Selle drincan mintan broð oþþe moran, 62, 5. Pysena broþ, 278, 18. Sele geseáw broþu and geseáwe pysan, 264, 4. Add
Bróm-dún
broom ⬩ a hill ⬩ BRUMDON, Dorset ⬩ hodie opinor Brumdon in agro Dorsetensi
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BRUMDON, Dorset; hodie opinor Brumdon in agro Dorsetensi Ðæt gemót wæs on Brómdúne the meeting was at Brumdon, L. Eth. iii. 4; Th. i. 294, 14: Cod. Dipl. 1322; A.D. 1035; Kmbl. vi. 186, 13, 14
brád-hláf
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brád-æx
A broad axe; an axe ⬩ dolatura, dolabrum
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A broad axe; an axe dolatura, dolabrum Brádæx dolatura, dolabrum, Cot. 68;Ælfc. Gl. 51;Som. 65, 131;Wrt. Voc. 34, 59
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