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.
Linked entry: brégd
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
BRÁD
BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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BROAD open, large, spacious, copious; latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus Ðæt eálond on Wiht is twelf míla brád the isle of Wight is twelve miles broad, Bd. 1, 3;S. 475, 19: Ors. 1, 1;Bos. 21, 4, 5,6 Wæs his ríce brád his kingdom was broad,
bréc-hrægel
breeches ⬩ a garment ⬩ lumbare, diplois = ⬩ διπλοίς ⬩ A sort of garment
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lumbare, diplois = διπλοίς A sort of garment; Him si abrogden, swá of bréchrægle [mid twýfealdum mentle, Spl.], hiora sylfra sceamu operiantur [aperiantur ?] sicut diploide confusione sua, Ps. Th. 108, 28
brád
broad ⬩ open ⬩ spacious ⬩ flat
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Add: broad (as distinguished from long) Se bráda wulfes camb cameleon alba, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 26. of superficial extent, where size is defined Seó burh wæs hyre ymbeganges .xxx. míla brád, Ors. 4, 13 ; Th. 432, 22.
Linked entry: brádlinga
Bricg
- Sim. Dun.
- Hovd.
- Matt. West.
Bridgenorth in Shropshire ⬩ oppidum in agro Salopiensi ⬩ Bruges in Belgium ⬩ Brugæ, Flandriæ emporium
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Bridgenorth in Shropshire; oppidum in agro Salopiensi Æðelflǽd ða burh getimbrede set Bricge Æthelfled built the fortress at Bridgenorth, Chr. 912; Th. 186, 10, col. 2; 187, 10, col. 1. Bruges in Belgium; Brugæ, Flandriæ emporium Heó com to Bricge begeondon
brid
The young of any of the feathered tribe; ⬩ pullus
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The young of any of the feathered tribe; pullus Earnes brid an eagle's young, Exon. 59 a; Th. 214, 7; Ph. 235. Þurh briddes hád through the state of a young bird, 61 a; Th. 224, 7; Ph. 372. Ðæt híg offrunge sealdon twegen culfran briddas ut darent hostiam
bred
a board ⬩ plank ⬩ a tablet
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Add: a board, plank Bred tabetum. Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 81. Ic ðé bidde ðæt ðú mé on ðǽm scipgebroce ðisses lífes sum bred gerǽce, ðæt ic mæge on sittan, oð ic tó londe cume, Past. 467, 24. Legs bred þweores ofer þá fét, Lch. ii. 342, 6. Ðá ungesewenlican
bróm-fæsten
broom ⬩ an inclosed place ⬩ A broom-field, a field, close or wood of broom ⬩ myricæ campus, myricetum, genesteium
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A broom-field, a field, close or wood of broom; myricæ campus, myricetum, genesteium, Cot. 97
Linked entry: fæsten
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
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
brocc-hol
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A badger's hole On broccholes weg, Cht. E. 239, 18
brord
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Swylce dropan ofer brod ( super gramina ), Ps. L. 243, 2. Add
bric-bót
A repairing or restoring of a bridge ⬩ pontis restitutio vel instauratio
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A repairing or restoring of a bridge; pontis restitutio vel instauratio Bricbóta aginne man georne let a man diligently begin the repairings of bridges, L. Eth. vi. 32 ; Th. i. 322, 31: v. 26; Th. i. 310, 24
bréd
broad,
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broad, Chr. 189; Erl. 9, 25
bræc
- Mt. Bos. 14, 19 :
- Exon. 28 a ;
- Th. 85, 20 ;
- Cri. 1394 :
- Cd. 32 ;
- Th. 43, 5 ;
- Gen. 686
broke, didst break,
Linked entry: hrǽc-gebræc
wiþer-broca
An adversary
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An adversary Wiðyrbroca adversarius, Ps. Spl. C. 73, 11. Forhtiaþ wiðerbrocan (adversarii ) his, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 186, 36: 187, 25. Wiðerbrocum adversariis, 194, 37. Ðú slóge alle wiðerbrocan mé tu percussisti omnes adversantes mihi, Ps. Surt. 3, 8
Linked entry: broca
brád
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D. broad; <b> B.</b> 2.]
ge-brec
A breaking ⬩ crashing ⬩ clamour ⬩ noise ⬩ fractio ⬩ frăgor ⬩ strĕpĭtus
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A breaking, crashing, clamour, noise; fractio, frăgor, strĕpĭtus Se dæg biþ dæg gebreces the day will be a day of clamour, Past. 35, 5; Swt. 245, 5; Hat. MS. 46 a, 17. He gehýrde ðæt gebrec ðara storma audīto frăgōre procellārum, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 3.
Linked entry: ge-bræc