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weax-bred

Grammar
weax-bred, <b>. I.</b>
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Wexbred abbachus, tabula pictoria, Hpt. 31, 9- 155- Add

bred-ísern

(n.)

a graving iron

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a graving iron, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 162, 28

æt-broden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
æt-broden, pp. of æt-bredan.

Taken away ⬩ ablatus

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Taken away; ablatus Him biþ ætbroden shall be taken away from him, Mt. Bos. 13, 12: 21, 43;

ge-bræd

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

drew ⬩ brandished

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

ge-broden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-broden, pp. . of ge-bredan.

drawn ⬩ unsheathed

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drawn, unsheathed;

ge-brudon

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brudon, p. pl. of ge-bredan.

drew ⬩ unsheathed

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drew, unsheathed,Ps. Spl. 36, 14;

bredende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
bredende, adj. [part. , of bredan]

Deceitful, cunning, crafty; ⬩ dolosus

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Deceitful, cunning, crafty; dolosus Sendon [MS. sendan] hí Marius, ðone consul, ongeán Geoweorþan, a swá lytigne, and á swá bredende, swá he wæs they sent Marius, the consul, against Jugurtha, as he was always so cunning, and so crafty, Ors. 5, 7; Bos

Linked entry: bregdan

bræd-ísen

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

scalprum, scalpellum

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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

a-bræd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-bræd, -brægd

drew

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drewMt. Bos. 26, 51. to move, drag, draw

leás-bregd

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

False ⬩ deceitful ⬩ cheating

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

Linked entry: brægd

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a row ⬩ series ⬩ a rank ⬩ grade ⬩ degree ⬩ rank ⬩ position ⬩ degree ⬩ an order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ method ⬩ regulation ⬩ ordering ⬩ an injunction ⬩ ordinance

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Add: a row, series, rank of objects on the same level Ðá xii apostolas and siððan ealle ðá endebyrdnessa ðára biscopa ðe ðǽræfter fylgeað universus pastorum ordo, Past. 105, 6. Heó hæfð on ǽghwylcum leáfe twá endebyrdnyssa fægerra pricena, Lch. i. 188

leás-bregd

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

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

BRÓÐOR

(n.)
Grammar
BRÓÐOR, bróðer, bróder, bróður; d. bréðer; but often indecl. in sing; pl. nom. acc. bróðor, bróðer, bróður, bróðru, bróðro, ge-bróðor, er, ru, ro, ra; g. bróðra, ge-bróðra; d. bróðrum, ge-bróðrum; m.

A BROTHER ⬩ frater ⬩ to bear, support, a brother being the natural supporter of sisters who have lost their father

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A BROTHER; frater Úre bróðor noster frater, nom. s; g. úres bróðor nostri fratris; dat. úrum bréðer nostro fratri; acc. úrne bróðor nostrum fratrem; voc. eálá ðú úre bróðor O noster frater! abl. fram úrum bréðer a nostro fratre: pl. nom. úre gebróðra

Linked entries: ge-bróðor bróder bróðar bróðer bróðor-slaga bróður

brægd

(n.)

fraud

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fraud. Bréd astus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 68: 5, 62. Bútan ǽlcen brǽde, C. D. ii. 58, 26. Ne beó nǽnig man bregda tó full, Bl. H. 109, 29. Hý æt mé leornedan leáse bregdas, Wlfst. 255, 15. Add

hand-brǽd

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hand-brǽd, -bréd, e; f.

A hand's breadth ⬩ palmus

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A hand's breadth Handbréd vel span palmus, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 70, 127; Wrt. Voc. 43, 52

brogdettan

(v.)
Grammar
brogdettan, (brodd-, bród-, bréd-, brott- ?); p. te.

to shake ⬩ quiver ⬩ to glitter ⬩ be splendid

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to shake, quiver Brogdetteð vibrat, Txts. 107, 2132. Swá ꝥ wæs æteówed, ꝥ hé bródette byfiende mid wundorlicre styrunge ut apparuerit cancussione mirifica tremendo palpitasse, Gr. D. 166, 14. Þá ongan hé ofdrǽdd bifian and broddettan (forhtiende and

Linked entries: brottetan brédettan broddetan

ceáp-ealeðel

Grammar
ceáp-ealeðel, l. ceáp-ealo-þelu (?). The passage cited occurs in a section headed 'Ut sacerdos tabernas fugiat.'
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Tabernae is glossed by lytle hús of bredan, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 7; as þel=plank, a word containing a derivative of it might have served to o

æt-bryidan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-bryidan, p. ede; pp. ed

To take away ⬩ auferre

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To take away; auferre Ðæs óðres áþ ðe mon his orf æt-bryideþ the oath of the other from whom the cattle is taken away, L.O. 3; Th. i. 178,16, = æt-bredan

hand-brǽd

(n.)
Grammar
hand-brǽd, hand-bréd. Perhaps hand-bred should be read and the quotation be taken to the next word. But in support of hand-brǽd may be noted the form breð ( = brǽð) odor, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 58, and the phrase gód hande brád. v. hand;
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Wicklif has handibreede v. N. E. D. handbrede

þiling

(n.)
Grammar
þiling, e; f.
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A boarding, flooring, something composed of planks Breda þiling vel flór on tó þerscenne area, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 59. Hig fæstniaþ ðone stepe þurh ða þilinge ( deck; cf. Icel. þiljur; pl. the deck ), Shrn. 35, 15

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