A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300Coleridge, Herbert
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A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300
Coleridge, Herbert
English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Broach, _sb._ (an ornament). RG. 489. Alys. 6842
Broad, _adj._ RG. 1. [brede], O. and N. 963
---- _v. a._ == make broad, part. ‘ibroded.’ O. and N. 1310
Broerh, _adj._ == brittle? Wright’s L. P. p. 23
Brood, _sb._ RG. 70
Broodful, _adj._ Ps. cxliii. 13
Brook, _sb._ RG. 80
Broom, _sb._ (genista). Alys. 2492
Brost, _sb._ O. and N. 976, a mistake for ‘prost,’ i.e. ‘priest.’ The
Jesus Coll. MS. reads ‘preost’
Broth, _sb._ RG. 528
Brother, _sb._ RG. 371, 478
Brouke, _v. a._ == use, enjoy. HD. 311 AS. brúcan. Germ. brauchen
Brow, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 28. [breȝe]. Ib. p. 34
Brown, _adj._ RG. 429
---- _v. n._ == become brown. Alys. 3293
Brun, _sb._ == a brown jar. K. Horn, 1134
Brune, _sb._ == a burning. O. and N. 1153
Brust, _adj._ == rough, brusque. Pol. S. 151
Brut, _adj._ == rough? RG. 536
---- == bright. Body and Soul, 57
Bruthen, _adj._ == fierce, fiercely boiling, ‘a bruthen led.’ Rel. S. v.
242. Connected with ‘breth,’ and AS. brédan, to warm
Bu, _sb._ == buffalo. Alys. 5957
Bu, _vb._ See Buy
Buck, _sb._ Ritson’s AS. iii. 8
---- == he-goat. Ps. xlix. 13
Buckle, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 35
Buckler, _sb._ Alys. 1190
Budel, _sb._ == messenger. O. and N. 1167. Wright’s L. P. p. 22. AS. bydel
Bugging, _sb._ == a building, or lodging. Pol. S. 151. AS. byggan. ON.
byggja
Bugle, _sb._ == buffalo. Alys. 5112
Buglehorn, _sb._ Alys. 5282
Build, _v. a._ RG. 439
Bulge, _sb._ == a lump, hump. Body and Soul, 185
Bulies, == bellows, q. v.
Bull, _sb._ (animal). RG. 116
Bull, (Pope’s bull). RG. 473, 494
Bullock, _sb._ Ritson’s AS. iii. 8
Bunting, _sb._ (the bird). Wright’s L. P. p. 40
Burde, _sb._ == beard. Alys. 1164
Burdon, _sb._ == a pilgrim’s staff. K. Horn, 1093. Fr. bourdon
Burel, _sb._ == sackcloth. Alys. 5475. Pol. S. 221. Fr. bure, burel. See
Roq.
Burgess, _sb._ RG. 540, 541
Burial, _sb._ See Buryel
Burn, _v. a._ pret. ‘barnde.’ RG. 380, 511. ‘brende.’ RG. 536. part. pres.
‘berninde.’ RG. 534
Burn, _sb._ == rivulet. O. and N. 916. AS. byrnan, to burn. Cf. Lat.
torrens, from torreo
Burst, _v. n._ pret. ‘barst.’ RG. 437
Burst, _sb._ == injury. Wright’s L. P. p. 24. AS. byrst
Burthen, _sb._ HD. 807
Bury, _v. a._ RG. 123. part. ‘y-bured.’ RG. 382. AS. byrgan
Burying, _sb._ RG. 382. [beryng]. Alys. 4624
Buryels, _sb._ == a tomb, grave. RG. 204. AS. byrgels
Busemere, == blasphemy. See Bismere
Busily, _adv._ Ps. cxlii. 7
Busk, _v. a._ == array. Pol. S. 239
Busy, _adj._ Alys. 3906
But, _adv._ 43 B.
But, _prep._ == except [bote]. RG. 382. [butent]. Rel. S. ii. 25
---- == without [bute]. O. and N. 184. AS. bútan
But, _sb._ == a put, i.e. cast or throw, HD. 1040
But, _part._ == contended. HD. 1916. Fr. bouter
Butcher, _sb._ Pol. S. 192
Bute, _prep._ See But
Butler, _sb._ RG. 187, 438
Butte, _sb._ == a fish, probably a turbot. HD. 759. The Prompt. Parv.
translates it by ‘pecten;’ the Pictorial Vocab., published by Mr Wright,
p. 254, has ‘hic turbo’ == ‘a but.’ See N. and Q. 2d S. vi. 382. Sw. butta
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