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brǽþ

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  • Brǽþ

    odor,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 26.
  • Mǽre brǽð þǽr stanc, swá ꝥ ꝥ wíf wundrode þæs wynsuman brǽþes, and cwæð ꝥ heó nǽfre ǽr náht swilces ne gestunce.

    • Hml. S. 4, 347.
  • Se brǽð on heora nosðyrlum ne áteorode,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 98, 9.
  • Se wynsuma brǽð beláf,

    • 548, 7, 3.
  • Wundorlices brǽðes swæc,

    • 352, 15.
  • Brǽd

    olfactum, i. odorem,

    • An. Ox. 315 :

    odoratum,

    • 3487.
  • Brǽþum swétum

    odoramentis nectareis,

    • 3325.
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  • Mid brǽðe háligra mihta . . . mid brǽðum gódra weorca,

    • Hml. Th. i. 222, 4, 7
    • .
exhalation, air impregnated with odour
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  • Wynsum brǽð stémde of þǽre hálgan róde, and þá lyfte áfylde,

      Hml. S. 27, 109.
  • Wearð ꝥ brýdbed mid brǽðe áfylled, swylce þǽr lǽgon lilie and rose,

      4, 32.
  • Þes brǽð is of Críste, 42.
hot vapour
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  • Ðá brǽðas ðæs flǽsces stigon up eall swilc hit mist wǽre.

    • Hml. S. 23, 36.
in a medical sense:
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  • Ne æppla ne wín nis tó sellanne, for ðon ðe hié habbað hátne brǽþ.

    • Lch. ii. 212, 3.
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  • Wylm, brǽþ

    feruorem, i. ardorem (devotionis),

    • An. Ox. 2511
    • .
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