bráde-leác
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A plant-name Bradelaec (brádæ-, -leác, -léc) serpillum, Txts. 97, 1835. Brádeleác sarpulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 47. Genim rædices .iii. snǽda and brádeleáces gelíce, Lch, ii. 268, 19. Gearwan and brádeleác, iii. 12, 31
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breáw-ern
a brew-house
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a brew-house. Breáwern apodíterium (? this word is glossed previously : Baðiendra manna hús, þǽr hí hi unscrédað inne), Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 11. Cf. Brewarne pandoxatorium, 174, 14: brywhowse pandocsaiorium, 274, col. I: brewster pandoxator, 214, col. 1.
cyrc-bræce
Similar entry: ciric-brǽc
wiþer-braca
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See Mt. L. 5, 25 : 12, 26 under wiþet-breca
breáw-ern
A brewing-place, brew-house; ⬩ coquina cerevisiæ,
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A brewing-place, brew-house; coquina cerevisiæ, Grm. ii. 338, 3 Breáwern aporleriterium, forte, apolyterium, Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 67, 17
beó-breád
BEE-BREAD ⬩ apum panis ⬩ honey-comb ⬩ favus
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BEE-BREAD; apum panis. ☞ Quite distinct from weax beeswax; cera = κηρόs : and hunig-camb honey-comb; favus the pollen of flowers collected by bees and mixed with honey for the food of the larvæ; Ic eom swétra ðonne ðú beóbreád blénde mid hunige I am
Linked entries: beón-breád bí-breád bió-breád
manig-brǽde
Consisting of many things
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Consisting of many things Mænibrǽde dóm satura lex (lanx?), Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 111; Wrt. Voc. 20, 49
bí-breád
Bee-bread ⬩ apium panis
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Bee-bread; apium panis Þynceþ bíbreád swétre, gif he ǽr bitres onbyrgeþ bee-bread seemeth sweeter, if he before has a taste of bitter, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 17; Met. 12, 9
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un-brǽce
Unbreakable ⬩ indestructible
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Unbreakable, indestructible Flint unbrǽcne, Exon. Th. 1, 11; Cri. 6. Tír unbrǽcne, Apstls. Kmbl. 172; Ap. 86
brand-óm
blight
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rust that comes from exposure to burning, or (?) blight Similar entries (v. brand, II a) Brondoom rubigo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 34
brand-stefn
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Cf. Icel. brandr a ship's beak; or [brand- = brant- ?] high-prowed. Ne mæg wind áwecgan ne wæterflódas brecan brond-stæfne, An. 507. Substitute: Having a prow with a beak?
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wyrt-brǽþ
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After 36 in 1. 4 add: 34, 107
ǽ-brǽce
Law-breaking ⬩ sacrilegious, impious ⬩ adulterous
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Law-breaking. sacrilegious, impious Gehýrde gé ðǽra deófla frófor on ðisum eáwbrǽcum ðe úre godas geyrsode ne ondrǽt? Hml. Th. i. 426, 20. adulterous Ðæt se wer gewítnað on ǽwbrǽcum wífe, ðæt wrecð God on ǽwbrǽcum were, 378, 26. Eáwbrǽcum, ii. 322,
Linked entry: eáw-brǽce
brand-hord
ardent treasure; ⬩ ardens thesaurus,
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ardent treasure; ardens thesaurus
brand-stæfn
the shining prowed
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the shining prowed
un-brád
Not broad ⬩ narrow
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On brǽde, ðár hit brádest is, fíf geurda, and ðǽr hit unbrádost is, ánne geurde, Chart. Th. 156, 29. Ðǽr ðæt land unbrádest is, ðér hit sceol beón eahtatýne fóta brád, 236, 8
brǽdan
broad ⬩ latus ⬩ To make broad, BROADEN, extend, spread, stretch out ⬩ dilatare, propalare, expandere ⬩ To be extended or developed, grow or rise up; ⬩ dilatari, adolescere
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To be extended or developed, grow or rise up; dilatari, adolescere Leáf and gærs brǽd geond Bretene leaves and grass are extended [lit. leaf and grass is extended] over Britain, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 197; Met. 20, 99.
tæppel-bred
A board covered with a carpet, a foot-stool
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A board covered with a carpet, a foot-stool Fótscamel ł tæppelbred his fóta scabellum pedum ejus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 35. Tæppilbred, 22, 44
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writ-bred
A writing-tablet
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A writing-tablet Writbred (printed -brec ; but see gyrdel-bred, i. 288, 75, and weax-bred) pugillarem (Lk. 1, 63), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 36. Ðá álýfde se ðám cnihtum ðæt hí hyne ofslógen mid heora writbredum and hine ofsticodon mid hira writýrenum, Shrn.