bryne-wylm, st. m., _wave of fire_: dat. pl. -wylmum, 2327. brytnian (properly _to break in small pieces_, cf. brēotan), 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. bēaga 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. brȳd, st. f.: 1) _wife, consort_: acc. sg. brȳd, 2931; brȳde, 2957, both times of the consort of Ongenþēow (?).--2) _betrothed, bride_: nom. sg., of Hrōðgār's daughter, Frēaware, 2032. brȳd-būr, st. n., _woman's apartment_: dat. sg. ēode ... cyning of brȳdbūre, _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.: frēo, freoðo-, hēa-, hlēo-, hord-, lēod-, mǣg-burg. burh-loca, w. m., _castle-bars_: dat. sg. under burh-locan, _under the castle-bars_, i.e. in the castle (Hygelāc'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 hē burh-welan brūcan mōste, 3101. burne, w. f., _spring, fountain_: gen. þǣre burnan wælm, _the bubbling of the spring_, 2547. būan, st. v.: 1) _to stay, to remain, to dwell_: inf. gif hē weard onfunde būan on beorge, _if he had found the watchman dwelling on the mountain_, 2843.--2) _to inhabit_, w. acc.: meduseld būan, _to inhabit the mead-house_, 3066. ge-būan, w. acc., _to occupy a house, to take possession_: pret. part. hēan hūses, hū hit Hring Dene æfter bēorþege gebūn hæfdon, _how the Danes, after their beer-carouse, had occupied it_ (had made their beds in it), 117.--With the pres. part. būend are the compounds ceaster-, fold-, grund-, lond-būend. būgan, st. v., _to bend, to bow, to sink; to turn, to flee_: prs. sg. III. bon-gār būgeð, _the fatal spear sinks_, i.e. its deadly point is turned down, it rests, 2032; inf. þæt se byrnwīga būgan sceolde, _that the armed hero had to sink down_ (having received a deadly blow), 2919; similarly, 2975; pret. sg. bēah eft under eorðweall, _turned, fled again behind the earth-wall_, 2957; pret. pl. bugon tō bence, _turned to the bench_, 327, 1014; hȳ on holt bugon, _fled to the wood_, 2599. ā-būgan, _to bend off, to curve away from_: pret. fram sylle ābēag medubenc monig, _from the threshold curved away many a mead-bench_, 776.