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• brerd — m ( es/ as) brim, margin, border, surface; shore, bank …   Old to modern English dictionary

• brerd-full — …   Useful english dictionary

• breard — ˈbrērd Scotland variant of braird * * * breard, breare obs. forms of braird, brier …   Useful english dictionary

• Bretful — Bret ful, a. [OE. also brerdful, fr. brerd top, brim, AS. brerd.] Brimful. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• braird — /braird/, Chiefly Scot. n. 1. the first sprouts or shoots of grass, corn, or other crops; new growth. v.i. 2. (of a crop or a seed) to sprout; appear above the ground. [1400 50; late ME breird, var. of brerd a sprout, to sprout, OE brerd edge,… …   Universalium

• Bugbird — This very unusual and interesting name has an English locational origin, from the Harrow area of the Old county of Middlesex. It appears to be an example of a not uncommon phenomenon in the history of English places and their locational surnames …   Surnames reference

• Exeter Book — Not to be confused with Liber Exoniensis. The Exeter Book, Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501, also known as the Codex Exoniensis, is a tenth century[1] book or codex which is an anthology of Anglo Saxon poetry. It is one of the four major Anglo… …   Wikipedia

• breard — see brerd …   Old to modern English dictionary

• bryrd — see brerd …   Old to modern English dictionary

• bhares- : bhores- —     bhares : bhores     English meaning: point, stubble (with formants)     Deutsche Übersetzung: “Emporstehendes, Spitze, Borste”     Note: With s extension     Material: bhars Lat. fastigium (*bharsti ) “ the gable end, pediment of a roof;… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary