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brýce

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§562;
use. l. bryce, and add:
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  • Baða brice

    balnearum usus

    ,
      R. Ben. 1. 68, 1.

  • Hí heora hors tó bryce (tó brúcenne,v. l.) onféngon,

      Gr. D. 16, 3.

  • Sé ðe wíf hæfð for lícumlícre frófre, and ðeáh for ðǽm bryce (v. brúcan,(I c)) and for ðǽre lufe hine ne áwent from bettrum weorcum

    qui sic per uxorem carnali consolatione utitur, ut tamen numquam a melioris intentionis rectitudine ejus amore flectatur,

      Past. 395, 16.

  • Ðǽm bisceope tó bryce

    ad usum episcopi,

      C. D. iii. 159, 39.

  • Hé forgeaf him ðá twéntig penega tó his ágenum bricum,

      Hml. Th. ii. 178, 10.

  • Hafa þé ꝥ seolfor tó þínes sylfes bricum

    argentum tuum sit,

      Hml. A. 96, 159.
profit, advantage
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  • Bryce

    commodum

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 64.

  • Of bryc(e)

    compendio, lucro

    ,
      Hpt. Gl. 484, 76.

  • Hé forgeaf fæla ǽhta þám Crístenum him tó gemǽnan brice,

      Hml. S. 2, 283.
usufruct
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  • Habban hí þone bryce (ðæs landes) healfne, and healfne þá munecas,

      Cht. Th. 547, 18 : 545, 17.
enjoyment
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  • Seó sáwul is on sibbe wunigende on hire dæge, þonne heó on gewítendlicere tíde blissað, and on hwílwendlicum bricum bið ungefóh,

      Hml. Th. i. 408, 15.
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v. níd-bryce.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “brýce.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/41016.

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