bred
A surface, plank, board, table, tablet ⬩ superficies, tabula, tabella
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A surface, plank, board, table, tablet; superficies, tabula, tabella Ðisse eorþan ymbhwyrft is, wið ðone heofon to mettanne, swilce án lytel pricu on brádan brede the circumference of this earth is, compared with the heaven, like a little point on a
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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
bréc
the breech, breeches,
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the breech, breeches, L. M. 1. 71; Lchdm. ii. 146, 3: R. Ben. 55;
Bret-
a Welshman,
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a Welshman
brand-rád
A fire-dog ⬩ trivet
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A fire-dog, trivet Brandrád (brond-), bran[d]rod andeda, Txts. 36, 4. Brandred andena, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 62. Brondreda andeda, i. 66, 36. Brandrida, 284, 10. Substitute:
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Bret
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a Briton Ne wearð án Bret (Brit, v. l. ) tó láfe, Chr. 491; P. 14, 17
brég
an eye-lid,
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an eye-lid, Ps. Surt. 131, 4: Bd. 4, 32 ; S. 611, note 18
bred
deceit,
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deceit, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 160, 6
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
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
a-bræd
drew
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drewMt. Bos. 26, 51. to move, drag, draw
ge-bræc
broke ⬩ didst break
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broke, didst break,Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 2: Ps. Th. 73, 13;
hand-brǽd
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Wicklif has handibreede v. N. E. D. handbrede
Bremes burh
BRAMSBURY or Bramsby, Lincolnshire; ⬩ urbis vel arcis nomen in agro Lincolniensi
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BRAMSBURY or Bramsby, Lincolnshire; urbis vel arcis nomen in agro Lincolniensi Hér, A. D. 909, Æðelflǽd getimbrode Bremes burh in this year, A. D. 909, Æthelfled built Bramsbury, Chr. 909; Th. 183, 30, col. 2. Hér, A. D. 910, Æðelflǽd getimbrede ða burh
brád-nes
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Fyðerscýte brádnys triquadra (mundi) latitudo, Hpt. Gl. 437, 7. On brádnysse in superficie, 451, 1. Brádnysse, vastitatem, 491, 73. Add
bræd-ísen
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If bræd = bred (q. v.), the vowel is short, but if it may be compared with Icel. bragð in bragð-alr the vowel is long
weg-bráde
Way-bread
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Wegbrǽde, 286, 22 : ii. 8, 37, 48 : Lchdm. i. 80, 8 (cf. title, 4, 14 wegbrǽd (-bráde, -brǽde, v. ll. )). Wegbráde plantago, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 40. Wegbrǽde, 79, 32 : cinoglossa vel plantago vel lapatium, 30, 50.
friþ-bræc
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Substitute <b>friþ-brǽc, -bréc,</b> e; f. A breach of the peace concluded between two hostile peoples (English and Danes) :-- Gyf eahta men beón ofslagene, þonne is ꝥ friðbréc, binnan byrig oþþon búton . . . Be friðbréce binnan byrig.