brún
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Brúnne brerd the black rim of the inkhorn , Rä. 27, 9. Swearturn, brúnum beaduwǽþnurn, 18, 8. Brúne helmas, Jud. 318. [For brún applied to metal v. N. E. D. brown, 4.] Add
Bret-walda
A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in England ⬩ Saxonum in Britannia rex supremus.
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A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in England; Saxonum in Britannia rex supremus. Turner and Lappenberg suppose that the Bretwalda was elected by the other Saxon kings and by the collected nobility and other electors in Britain, because
brego
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Gode ic hæbbe ábolgen brego moncynnes, Hy. 4, 78. Add
brǽc
Breach ⬩ breaking ⬩ destruction
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Breach, breaking, destruction His sunu cwæþ ꝥ hé nolde geþafian ꝥ man swá deórwurðne cræft (an astronomical instrument) tócwýsan sceolde, bútan man þá hálgan wurpe on háte ofnas, gif his fæder nǽre hǽled æfter þǽre brǽce, Hml. S. 5, 292
brǽw
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Brǽwas palpebre, i. superciliarum loca, An. Ox. 1731 On ðæs siwenígean eágum ðá brǽwas (palpebrae) greátigað, Past. 69, 2. Dínum bréwum, palpebre, Kent. Gl. 79. Add:
breca
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brega
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Lch. i. lxxiv, 13
brégd
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Dele
brym
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Dele second reference
brim
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Brimne stór and hwítne rýcels, Lch. iii. 14, 21
broc
A fragment
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A fragment Þá hǽðenan weras tóslógon his glǽsenne calic. Þá gesomnode hé þá brocu (brycas, v. l.), Mart. H. 140, 12
broel
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Dele
bryd
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and see brygd
brád
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Hring on heofonum brǽdre þonne sunne, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 9. Add
brád
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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.]
brim
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Tó brimes faroðe, B. 28. Add
breáw
brewed;
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