breát
destroyed,
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destroyed, Beo. Th. 3430; B. 1713;
brég
an eye-lid,
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an eye-lid, Ps. Surt. 131, 4: Bd. 4, 32 ; S. 611, note 18
brig
a bridge
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a bridge, Chr. 1125 ; Erl. 254, 19
brigd
to change ⬩ A change ⬩ variety ⬩ varietas
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A change, variety; varietas Ðæs deóres hiw brigda gehwæs wundrum lixeþ the animal's hue of every variety wondrously shines, Exon. 95 b; Th. 357, 9; Pa. 26
brit
knits ⬩ plectit
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knits; plectit
bræc-cóðu
a breaking ⬩ a disease ⬩ The breaking ⬩ falling disease, epilepsy ⬩ epilepsia ⬩ έπιληψία
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The breaking or falling disease, epilepsy; epilepsia = έπιληψία Bræc-cóðu, fylle-seóc epilepsia vel caduca vel larvatio vel commitialis, Ælfc. Gl. 10;Som. 57, 20;Wrt. Voc. 19, 26
brýd-guma
a man ⬩ A bride-man, bridegroom ⬩ sponsus
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[brýd, guma a man] A bride-man, bridegroom; sponsus Swá swá brýdguma of his brýdbúre tamquam sponsus procedens de thalamo suo, Ps. Th. 18, 5. Cweðe ge sceolun ðæs brýdguman cnihtas wépan, ða hwíle ðe se brýdguma mid him byþ numquid possunt filii sponsi
Linked entries: bréd-guma brýdi-guma
bræd-ísen
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If bræd = bred (q. v.), the vowel is short, but if it may be compared with Icel. bragð in bragð-alr the vowel is long
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.
bríw-lác
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Dressing food Ðá sceandlican wíglunga on brýw-láce, Hml. S. 17, 103
a-bræd
drew
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drewMt. Bos. 26, 51. to move, drag, draw
leás-bregd
False ⬩ deceitful ⬩ cheating
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False, deceitful, cheating Ðú leásbréda feónd and fácnes ordfruma, Homl. Skt. 6, 314
Linked entry: brægd
brim-streám
the sea's current, ocean-stream, the sea, ocean ⬩ maris fluctus, mare, oceanus ⬩ a rapid stream, river ⬩ fluvius rapidus, amnis
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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
Brádan-relic
an island, broad island ⬩ Flat Holme, an island in the mouth of the Severn
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Flat Holme, an island in the mouth of the Severn Sǽton hie úte on ðam íglande, æt Brǽdanrelice they sat outward on an island, Flat Holme, Chr. 918;Ing. 132, 19
ofer-brǽw
An eye-brow ⬩ supercilium
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An eye-brow Hæfþ mǽden tácn on oferbráwe,Lchdm. iii. 188, 5
Linked entry: ofer-brú
brand-óm
blight
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blight Similar entries (v. brand, II a) Brondoom rubigo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 34
brim-flód
a flowing, flood ⬩ The sea's flowing, the ocean-flood, sea ⬩ maris fluctus, cataclysmus ⬩ κατακλυσμός ⬩ mare
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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.
Linked entry: brym-flód
leás-bregd
Deceit ⬩ fraud ⬩ a trick ⬩ cheat ⬩ wile
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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
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
Linked entry: leác
brýd-bed
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Wearð ꝥ brýdbed mid brǽðe áfylled, Hml. S. 4, 32. His brýdbedd, 7, 43. Brúcan his dohtor árleásan brídbeddes, Ap. Th. 3, 7. On eówrum brýdbedde, Hml. S. 4, 19. Swá swá brýdguma of his brýdbedde, Hml. Th. i. 200, 21: ii. 10, 26: Hml. A. 27, 82. Add