Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

writ-bred

(n.)
Grammar
writ-bred, es; n.

A writing-tablet

Entry preview:

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.

ge-brócod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-brócod, -brócad, -bróced, -brócud [or -brocod ?]; part. p. [ge-, brðcod; pp. of brócian to oppress, vex]

Afflictedbroken upinjuredafflictusconfractus

Entry preview:

Afflicted, broken up, injured; afflictus, confractus Gif se synfulla biþ gebrócod if the sinful be afflicted, Homl. Th. i. 472, 3: 474, 19. Næfde se here Angelcyn ealles forswíðe gebrócod the army had not all too much afflicted the English race, Chr.

brand-stefn

Entry preview:

Ne mæg wind áwecgan ne wæterflódas brecan brond-stæfne, An. 507. Substitute: Having a prow with a beak?

Linked entry: brond-stæfn

leás-bregd

(adj.)
Grammar
leás-bregd, -bréd; adj.

Falsedeceitfulcheating

Entry preview:

False, deceitful, cheating Ðú leásbréda feónd and fácnes ordfruma, Homl. Skt. 6, 314

Linked entry: brægd

mǽr-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
mǽr-bróc, es; in.

A brook which forms a boundary

Entry preview:

A brook which forms a boundary, cf. mearc-bróc Tó mǽrbróce; of mǽrbróce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 5: 438, 27: v. 284, 29 (where mér-bróc is the same as merc-bróc of l. 13)

Linked entries: bróc mǽr-ác

brand-rád

(n.)
Grammar
brand-rád, brand-rád, -rod, -red; f. : -reda, -rida; m.

A fire-dogtrivet

Entry preview:

A fire-dog, trivet Brandrád (brond-), bran[d]rod andeda, Txts. 36, 4. Brandred andena, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 62. Brondreda andeda, i. 66, 36. Brandrida, 284, 10. Substitute:

Linked entry: brand-ísen

brim-streám

(n.)
Grammar
brim-streám, brym-streám, es; m. [brim, stréam a stream, river].

the sea's current, ocean-stream, the sea, oceanmaris fluctus, mare, oceanus a rapid stream, riverfluvius rapidus, amnis

Entry preview:

Th. 3825; B. 1910. a rapid stream, river; fluvius rapidus, amnis Humbran eá, bráda brimstreám Humber's river, broad rapid stream, Chr. 942; Th. 208, 38, col. 1, 2, 3

Linked entry: brym-streám

brand-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
brand-hát, brond-hát; def. se -háta, seó, ðæt -háte; adj. [brand II.
a burning
, hát
hot
]

a burninghotBurning hot, very hot, ardent, passionateardentis-simus, vehemens, fervidus

Entry preview:

Burning hot, very hot, ardent, passionate; ardentis-simus, vehemens, fervidus Brandháta níþ weóll on gewitte ardent malice boiled in their mind, Andr. Kmbl. 1536; An. 769. Born in breóstum brondhát lufu ardent love burned in his breast, Exon. 46 b; Th

Linked entries: hát brond-hát

bræd-ísen

(n.; part.)
Grammar
bræd-ísen, bred-ísern, es; n. [bræd, p. of bredan; ísen, ísern, iron]

scalprum, scalpellum

Entry preview:

scalprum, scalpellum ; A scraping or graving tool, file, Brædísen scal- prum, scalpellum, Cot. 173. Bredísern scalpellum, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 162, 28

Linked entry: bred-ísern

leás-bregd

(n.)
Grammar
leás-bregd, -bréd, es; m.

Deceitfrauda trickcheatwile

Entry preview:

Deceit, fraud, a trick, cheat, wile Hé hiwode þurh drýcræft fela leásbregda he performed many tricks by magic, Wulfst. 99, 16. Swicol on dǽdum and on leásbregdum, 107, 2. Þurh his leásbregdas, 252, 19. Mid leásbregdum earmum mannum derian to harm poor

ge-broc

Entry preview:

Take here ge-bróc (l. -broc) in Dict., and add Gif hé þá áne un-treówþa ne gedyde, from ðǽm dæge hé mehte bútan gebroce eallra Cartaina onwald begietan, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 170, 12

efen-brád

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-brád, adj.
Entry preview:

Equally broad, as broad (as long) Paradisus is eall efenlang and efenbrád, E. S. viii. 477, 7. [O. H. Ger. eban-breit: Icel. jafn-breiðr.]

Linked entry: brád

mylen-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-bróc, es; m.

A mill-brook

Entry preview:

A mill-brook On mylenbróc; ðonne andlang streámes, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 198, 30

wíþig-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-bróc, es; m.

A brook by which willows grow

Entry preview:

A brook by which willows grow In wíðibróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 380, 2. On wíðigbróch, 202, 3

sealt-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-bróc, es; m.
Entry preview:

A brook that runs from salt works (?) Ofsaltere*-*wellan eástriht on saltbróc; and swá ondlong saltbróces, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 206, 32

Linked entry: bróc

mearc-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-bróc, es; m.

A brook which serves as a boundary

Entry preview:

A brook which serves as a boundary Andlang Ecclesburnon tó ðam meatcbróce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 193, 31. Ðis synd ða landgemǽra. Ǽrest ðǽr mercbróc scýt on Seolesburnan; of mearcbróce ... swá andlang burnan eft on mérbróce, 284, 12-30

bróc-minte

(n.)
Entry preview:

Dele bróc-mint, e; f., and add:

brim-flód

(n.)
Grammar
brim-flód, brym-flód, es; m. [brim, flód
a flowing, flood
]

a flowing, floodThe sea's flowing, the ocean-flood, sea maris fluctus, cataclysmusκατακλυσμός mare

Entry preview:

The sea's flowing, the ocean-flood, sea; maris fluctus, cataclysmus = κατακλυσμός, mare Heofonsteorran búgaþ brádne hwearft óþ brimflódas the stars of heaven encircle the spacious orb unto the ocean floods, Exon. 53 b; Th. 187, 30; Az. 38. Brymflód cataclysmus

Linked entry: brym-flód

bræd-ísen

Grammar
bræd-ísen, (brǽd- ?).

A chisel

Entry preview:

A chisel Brǽdísen scalpellum, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 42. Bredísern (-aern), Txts. 95, 1793. Dele bracket, and substitute :

un-brád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-brád, adj.

Not broadnarrow

Entry preview:

Not broad, narrow Eall swá brád seó sunne is swá eall eorðan ymbhwyrft, ac heó þingð ús swýðe unbrád, Lchdm. iii. 236, 8. Se unbráda þistel scolimbos, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 12.