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BRÓM

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
BRÓM, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§121; §282; §335;
The well-known shrub from which besoms are made, hence BROOM; genista
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  • Bróm

    genista,

      Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 64, 130; Wrt. Voc. 32, 64: L. M. 1, 55; Lchdm. ii. 126, 12: 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 19: Wrt. Voc. 80, 16: 285, 69.
  • Genim brómes ahsan

    take ashes of broom,

      L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 32, 12.
Etymology
[Chauc. Wyc. bromes, pl: Dut. brem, f: Kil. brem genista.]
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  • BRÓM, n.