ge-bréman
To celebrate ⬩ make famous ⬩ honour ⬩ celebrāre ⬩ honōrāre
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To celebrate, make famous, honour; celebrāre, honōrāre He wolde gebréman ða ludéiscan he would honour the Jews, Som. Lye
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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weax-bred
a table, tablet for writing on ⬩ a table, list
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a table, tablet for writing on Ðá wrát hé gebedenum wexbrede (wæx-, Lind.) postulans pugilarem scribsit, Lk. Skt. 1, 63. Sýn gesealde from ðæm abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, ðæt is ... græf, ... weaxbreda dentur ab abbate omnia quae sunt necessaria, id
rihte-bred
An instrument for measuring, a square
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An instrument for measuring, a square Rihte-bred norma, linca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 20 : 114, 83 : 54, 16
hind-brér
A raspberry plant; ⬩ rubus idæus,
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A raspberry plant; rubus idæus, Lchdm. iii. 22, 31
brego-weard
a ruler, prince; ⬩ a guard, keeper ⬩ A royal guard, prince, lord ⬩ princeps, dominus,
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A royal guard, prince, lord; princeps, dominus, Cd. 131; Th. 166, 13; Gen. 2747: 106; Th. 140, 26; Gen. 2333
nam-bred
A tablet on which names are written ⬩ a register
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A tablet on which names are written, a register Nombred albo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 35
ǽw-breca
A breaker of the marriage vow ⬩ an adulterer ⬩ adulter
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A breaker of the marriage vow, an adulterer; adulter Se ðe his ǽwe forlǽt, and nímþ óðer wíf, he biþ ǽwbryca [Wilk. ǽwbrica] he who leaves his wife, and taketh another woman, he is an adulterer, L. M. I. P. 16; Th. ii. 268, 30
brér-hlǽw
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A hlǽw (q. v.) with briers on it On brérhlǽw, C. D. iii. 82, 21
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brér-þyrne
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A brier-bush On brérðyrnan, C. D. vi. 221, 13
Bret-land
Britain
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Britain On Bretlande in Britain, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 2
brég-nes
to give fear ⬩ Fear, terror, dread; ⬩ terror
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Fear, terror, dread; terror Brégnessa [MS. brégnes] ðíne hý gedréfdon me terrores tui conturbaverunt me, Ps. Spl. T. 87, 17
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
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
brec-mǽlum
a bit, piece ⬩ By bits, piecemeal; ⬩ minutatim,
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By bits, piecemeal; minutatim,Mone B. 1819
breahtm
a noise
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a noise. Braechtme, brectme, bretme strepitu, Txts. 99, 1916. Ahleópon hildfrome heriges brehtme. An. 1204. Cómon earnas . . . feðerum hrémige . . . brehtmum blíðe, 869. Add
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.
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an-bróce
Material ⬩ wood ⬩ timber ⬩ materies ⬩ tignum
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Material, wood, timber; materies, tignum Æðele anbróce noble material, Elen. Grm. 1029, note, p. 161
bán-brice
A BONE-BREAKING ⬩ fracture of a bone ⬩ ossis fractura
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A BONE-BREAKING or fracture of a bone; ossis fractura Wið bánbryce genim ðysse ylcan wyrte wyrttruman for fracture of a bone take roots of this same plant, Herb. 15, 3; Lchdm. i. 108, 9