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Ecg-bryht

(n.)
Grammar
Ecg-bryht, -briht, -berht, -byrht, es; m. [ecg edge, sword; bryht bright, excellent] Egbert; Ecgbryhtus; king of Wessex for thirty-seven years and seven months, from A.D. 800-837. Egbert chose Swithun [v. Swíþhún] for the preceptor to his son Æðelwulf, the heir to the throne of Wessex
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Hér, A.D. 800, Ecgbryht féng to Wesseaxna ríce here, A.D. 800, Egbert succeeded to the kingdom of the West-Saxons, Chr. 800; Erl. 60, 4. Hér, A.D. 837 [MS. 836], Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, se rícsode xxxvii wintra and vii mónþas here, A.D. 837, king Egbert

fisc-bryne

(n.)

fish-brine ⬩ piscium salsūgo

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fish-brine; piscium salsūgo Fiscbryne liguamen? vel gărum, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 62, 13; Wrt. Voc. 27, 66

for-brict

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-brict, =for-britt; pp. of for-britan.

crushed

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crushed, L. E. I. 2; Th. ii. 404, 5

fýr-bryne

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-bryne, es; m.

A fire burning ⬩ incendium

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A fire burning; incendium Wearþ ungemetlíc fýrbryne mid Rómánum an immense fire happened among the Romans, Ors. 4, 7; Bos. 87, 18

Linked entry: bryne

helle-bryne

(n.)
Grammar
helle-bryne, es; m.

Hell-fire,

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Hell-fire, Judth. 10; Th. 23, 11; Jud. 116

in-bryne

(n.)
Grammar
in-bryne, es ; m.

A fire ⬩ burning

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A fire, burning Inbryrno incendia, Rtl. 64, 12

mann-bryne

(n.)
Grammar
mann-bryne, es; m.

A fire in which men lose their lives

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A fire in which men lose their lives(?) Ðá wæs swíðe micel mancwealm, and se micela manbryne wæs on Lundene, and Paules mynster forbarn, Chr. 962; Erl. 120, 6. [Thorpe with previous translators renders the word by fever; Earle would read mánbryne = destructive

Linked entry: mán-bryne

ge-bræc

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bræc, ðú -brǽce, pl. -brǽcon

broke ⬩ didst break

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broke, didst break,Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 2: Ps. Th. 73, 13;

Linked entries: ge-brec -bræc

ge-bræd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bræd, p. of ge-bredan.

drew ⬩ brandished

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drew, brandished,Beo. Th. 5118; B. 2562;

sunn-bryne

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-bryne, es; m.
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Sun-burn:?-Wiþ sunbryne, Lchdm. ii. 324, 16: 300, 30

wól-bryne

(n.)
Grammar
wól-bryne, es; m.

Deadly violence

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Deadly violence Wearð micel wundor on heofonum gesewen, swelce eal se hefon birnende wæs. Ðæt tácen wearð on Rómánum swíþe gesweotolad mid ðæm miclan wólbryne monncwealmes, ðe him raðe ðæs æfter com Romae gravis pestilentia per universam civitatem violenter

brǽd-lǽst

Similar entry: brádlást-æx

brǽmbel-brǽr

(n.)
Grammar
brǽmbel-brǽr, es; m. l. e ; f.

bryne-ádl

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Substitute for Cot. 92 Bryneádl febris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 51. Febris a fervore nominatur, id est bryneádl, 39, 9

bryst-man

Grammar
bryst-man, l. brystnian,
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and see brytsnian

brond-hord

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Dele translation of passage

brond-stæfn

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eág-brǽw

(n.)
Grammar
eág-brǽw, es; m.
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The eye-lid Mid þá eágbrǽwas, Lch. i. 352, 6

Linked entry: brǽw

friþ-bræc

(n.)
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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. Gyf

ge-bræc

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Dele 'O. H. Ger. ka-preh I and add Ðá cwóm þǽr semninga swíðe micel wind and gebræc tum repente euri uentus tanta vis flantis exorta est, Nar. 22, 27

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