bryne-wylm, st. m., _wave of fire_: dat. pl. -wylmum, 2327. brytnian (properly _to break in small pieces_, cf. breótan), w. v., _to bestow, to distribute_: pret. sinc brytnade, _distributed presents_, i.e. ruled (since the giving of gifts belongs especially to rulers), 2384. brytta, w. m., _giver, distributer_, always designating the king: nom. sg. sinces brytta, 608, 1171, 2072; acc. sg. beága bryttan, 35, 352, 1488; sinces bryttan, 1923. bryttian (_to be a dispenser_), w. v., _to distribute, to confer_: prs. sg. III. god manna cynne snyttru bryttað, _bestows wisdom upon the human race_, 1727. brýd, st. f.: 1) _wife, consort_: acc. sg. brýd, 2931; brýde, 2957, both times of the consort of Ongenþeów (?).--2) _betrothed, bride_: nom. sg., of Hrôðgâr's daughter, Freáware, 2032. brýd-bûr, st. n., _woman's apartment_: dat. sg. eode ... cyning of brýdbûre, _the king came out of the apartment of his wife_ (into which, according to 666, he had gone), 922. bunden-stefna, w. m., _(that which has a bound prow), the framed ship_: nom. sg., 1911. bune, w. f., _can_ or _cup, drinking-vessel_: nom. pl. bunan, 3048; acc. pl. bunan, 2776. burh, burg, st. f., _castle, city, fortified house_: acc. sg. burh, 523; dat. sg. byrig, 1200; dat. pl. burgum, 53, 1969, 2434.--Comp.: freó, freoðo-, heá-, hleó-, hord-, leód-, mæg-burg. burh-loca, w. m., _castle-bars_: dat. sg. under burh-locan, _under the castle-bars_, i.e. in the castle (Hygelâc's), 1929. burh-stede, st. m., _castle-place, place where the castle_ or _city stands_: acc. sg. burhstede, 2266. burh-wela, w. m., _riches, treasure of a castle_ or _city_: gen. sg. þenden he burh-welan brûcan môste, 3101. burne, w. f., _spring, fountain_: gen. þære burnan wälm, _the bubbling of the spring_, 2547. bûan, st. v.: 1) _to stay, to remain, to dwell_: inf. gif he weard onfunde bûan on beorge, _if he had found the watchman dwelling on the mountain_, 2843.--2) _to inhabit_, w. acc.: meduseld bûan, _to inhabit the mead-house_, 3066. ge-bûan, w. acc., _to occupy a house, to take possession_: pret. part. heán hûses, hû hit Hring Dene äfter beórþege gebûn häfdon, _how the Danes, after their beer-carouse, had occupied it_ (had made their beds in it), 117.--With the pres. part. bûend are the compounds ceaster-, fold-, grund-, lond-bûend. bûgan, st. v., _to bend, to bow, to sink; to turn, to flee_: prs. sg. III. bon-gâr bûgeð, _the fatal spear sinks_, i.e. its deadly point is turned down, it rests, 2032; inf. þät se byrnwîga bûgan sceolde, _that the armed hero had to sink down_ (having received a deadly blow), 2919; similarly, 2975; pret. sg. beáh eft under eorðweall, _turned, fled again behind the earth-wall_, 2957; pret. pl. bugon tô bence, _turned to the bench_, 327, 1014; hy on holt bugon, _fled to the wood_, 2599. â-bûgan, _to bend off, to curve away from_: pret. fram sylle âbeág medubenc monig, _from the threshold curved away many a mead-bench_, 776.