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BREGDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BREGDAN, bredan, ic bregde, ðú bregdest, he bregdeþ, pl. bregdaþ ; p. brægd pl. brugdon pp. brogden, bregden.

To move to and fro, vibrate, cast, draw, drag, change, bend, weave; ⬩ vibrare, vibrare gladium, jactare, stringere, trahere, nectere, plectere ⬩ to turn into ⬩ se vertere in aliquid

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Nǽfre hie ðæs sellíce bleóum bregdaþ let them never so strangely change with colours, Salm. Kmbl. 301; Sal. 150. Bleóm bregdende changing in colours, Exon. 95b; Th. 357, 3; Pa. 23.

Linked entries: a-bregdan be-bregdan brægdan bredan bredende brogdettung brogdian bredan brygdan bryidan

bregdan

(v.)

to pluck ⬩ pull ⬩ draw ⬩ drag ⬩ to bind ⬩ knot ⬩ to change ⬩ to change ⬩ to move ⬩ be pulled ⬩ to flash

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Grammar bregdan, (cf.

brugdon

(v.)
Grammar
brugdon, p. pl. of bregdan.

laid hold of, drew ⬩ strinxerunt

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laid hold of, drew; strinxerunt, Cd. 93; Th. 120, 8; Gen. 1991;

brogden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
brogden, pp. of bregdan.

woven, cast,

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woven, cast,Elen. Kmbl. 513; El. 257;

ge-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bregdan, p. -brægd , pl. -brugdon; pp. -brogden [ge-, bregdan to vibrate, draw] .

to draw ⬩ unsheath ⬩ stringĕre ⬩ exĭmĕre ⬩ to feign ⬩ pretend

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to draw, unsheath; stringĕre, exĭmĕre He hringmǽl gebrægd he drew the ringed sword, Beo. Th.3133; B. 1564. He gebrægd his sweord exēmit gladium suum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 51. to feign, pretend Se ðe ða gebregdnan dómas démde he who hath judged false

Linked entry: ge-brægd

brægd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
brægd,
  • Beo. Th. 1593
    • ;
  • B. 794
    • ;
p. of bregdan.

bent,

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bent

ge-bregdan

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Icel. bregða sér sjukum), Hml. S. 2, 151

tó-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon (-brudon ?); pp. -brogden, -bróden (-broden ? in O. and N. tobrode rimes with unsode).

to separate (trans.) by a quick movement, ⬩ to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. ) ⬩ to pull apart ⬩ to separate (intrans.) by a quick movement, ⬩ to break off, ⬩ start from sleep, ⬩ to awake ⬩ to separate by making a quick movement with something

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Icel. bregða svefni to awake Slǽpe tóbrægd folces weard, Cd. Th. 161, 15; Gen. 2665. Mid ðý heó ðá ðý slǽpe tóbrǽd somno excussa, Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 5. Slǽpe tóbrugdon searuhæbbende, Andr. Kmbl. 3053; An. 1529.

a-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bregdan, p. -brægd, pl. -brugdon; pp. -brogden

To move quickly ⬩ vibrate ⬩ remove ⬩ draw from ⬩ withdraw ⬩ vibrare ⬩ destringere ⬩ eximere ⬩ retra-here

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To move quickly, vibrate, remove, draw from, withdraw; vibrare, destringere, eximere, retra-here Ðe abregdan sceal deáþ sáwle ðíne death shall draw from thee thy soul, Cd. 125; Th. 159, 22; Gen. 2638. Hwonne of heortan hunger oððe wulf sáwle and sorge

Linked entry: a-brugdon

for-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bregdan, p. -brægd, pl. -brugdon; pp. -brogden

To cover ⬩ obdūcĕre

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To cover; obdūcĕre Ic mist-helme forbrægd eágna leóman I covered the light of their eyes with a mantle of mist, Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 25; Jul. 470

mis-bregdan

(v.)

to remove ⬩ draw aside

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to remove, draw aside(?) Misbroden [ic eom?] disto i. differo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 50

ge-bregdan

Grammar
ge-bregdan, <b>; V.</b>
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Gebrǽd hé hine sylfne swylce hé wǽre sum ælþeódig man peregrinum quempiam esse se simulans, Chrd. 99, 23. Add

on-bregdan

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Þú hit mé hæfst nú swíðe sweotole gereht, swylce þú hæbbe þá duru ábróden (anbróden, v. l. ) þe ic ǽr sóhte, Bt. 35, 3; S. 97, 24. Add

tó-bregdan

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Add Tó tóbrédenne diripiendas (illi circa diripiendas sarcinulas occupantur, Bt. bk. 1. prosa 3), An. Ox. 34, 3. to distract Heorte tóbróden ymbe woroldcara cor dispersum in rerum curis, Chrd. 70, 19

wiþ-bregdan

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Sum man him onsænde be his cnihtum twá spyrtan . . . þára óðre se cniht wiðbrǽd (subripuit), Gr. D. 203, 5. Add

a-bregdan

Grammar
a-bregdan, <b>. I</b> I.
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Hé his exe úp ábrǽd, Hml. S. 31, 152. Add

ofer-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-bregdan, -brédan.

To overspread, cover, draw a covering over ⬩ To break out over a surface

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Grammar ofer-bregdan, v. trans. To overspread, cover, draw a covering over Se ða burh oferbrægd blácan líge, Andr. Kmbl. 3080; An. 1543. Niht oferbrǽd beorgas steápe, 2613; An. 1308. Grammar ofer-bregdan, intrans.

á-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-bregdan, -brédan.
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Swelce ðú hæbbe ðá duru ábróden (cf. on-bregdan) as if you had flung open the door. Bt. 35, 3 ; F. 160, 5. Ábródenes retecti, An. Ox. 52, 4, Ábródenum subtracto, Kent, Gl. 996. Áweg ábróden avulsus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 4.

Linked entry: á-brédan

be-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-bregdan, p. -brægd, pl. -brugdon; pp. -brogden

To pretend ⬩ simulare

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To pretend; simulare, Lk. Lind. War. 20, 20

Linked entry: be-brugdon

óþ-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-bregdan, -brédan
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to take away, carry off Ða burgleóde óþbrúdon ða snore mid hiere suna, and hí sendon on óðer fæstre fæsten. Ors. 3, II; Swt. 148, 21. Hæbbe hé Godes unmiltse, se ðe ðis áwende and ðere stówe óþbréde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 4, 3. Hé (Nero when Rome was burning

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