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Bratain, Brätain, Breetain, Breetish, Breitish, Brïtain, Brïtisch, Brïtish, Brits, Brittain,
Breetain [ˈbritən]
n. Britain.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Breetish [ˈbritɪʃ]: British.
brade, braed, braid, bread-an-cheese, breed, breid, breid-an-cheese, breyd, bried, cheese-an-breid, cheese-and-breid, main-bread, main-breid, shoartbreed, shoartbreid, shortbreed, shortbreid, shortbried, soda-breid, sodae-breid, sodie-breid, sody-bread, sody-breid, sweetbreid, sweet-breid,
breid [brid, bred]
n. Bread. A roll or loaf. An oatcake.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cheese-and-breid: Green shoots when first appearing on hedges etc.
fancy breid: Dainties, cakes.
main-breid: Bread of the finest quality.
shortbreid: Shortbread.
sodae-breid: Soda bread.
steam-mill breid: MN. Thick poorly-made oatcakes.
sweet-breid: Fancy cakes, pastries.
brade, braid, braidth, bread, breed, breedth, breeth, breid, breidth, breyd, breydth, bridth, fit-breid, han$-breed, haund-breed, haundbreid, haund-breid,
breid [brid, breːd, briθ]
also MN. bridth [bridθ]
n. Breadth.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fit-breid: A foot-breadth.
haund-breid: A hand-breadth.
bleenge, blinge, braindg$t, braindge, brainge, brainged, brainger, braingin, braingy, breenage, breeng, breenge, breenged, breenger, breengin, breengit, breenj, breenjin, breinge, breinged, breinger, breingin, brindge, bringe, preenge,
breinge [brindʒ, brendʒ, SW. brɪndʒ]
also U. bleenge [blɪndʒ]
n. A violent or clumsy rush, a dash, a plunge. A blow, a punch. A fit of temper.
v. To rush forward recklessly or carelessly, to plunge, to make a violent effort. To drive with a rush.
pt. pp. breinged
 
breingin [ˈbrindʒɪn, ˈbrendʒɪn, SW. ˈbrɪndʒɪn]
adj. Willful, pushing, sharp-tongued, bustling.
v. Pushing, bustling.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
breinger: A person who rushes into things.
abraird, abrairt, abreard, abreird, abreirt, abreyrd, braerd, braird, brear, breard, breart, breeder, breer, breether, breider, breird, breirt, breither, brerd, brere, breyrd, briedder, brier,
breird [briːrd, breːrd]
also NN.b. breither [ˈbriːðər]
n. The first shoots or sprouting of grain, turnips etc.
v. To sprout above ground, to germinate.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
abreird [əˈ-]: adv. adj. Brairded, sprouted.
braeth, braethe, braith, braithe, braithin, breethe, breith, breith, breithe, breithin, breth, breyth,
breith [briθ, breθ, brɛθ, NN.b. brəiθ]
n. Breath, opinion, sentiments, tendency of thought.
 
breithe [briːð, breːð]
v. To breathe.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
breithin: Breathing.
breithless: Breathless.
bramish, brannish, bremish, bremmish, brennish,
bremmish [ˈbrɛmɪʃ]
n. A dash, or furious rush or blow.
pl. bremmishes
Benna, Brenda,
Brenda [ˈbrɛndə]
n. The personal name Brenda.
dim. Benna
brenna, brenna-steuch, brenna-stew, brenna-stjuch, brennastyooch, brinno,
brenna [I.Sh. ˈbrɛnə]
n. A fisherman's tabu-word for fire.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
brenna-steuch: I.Sh. Fine mist-like spray from heavy breakers.
 
See also burn.
brant, brent,
brent [brɛnt]
adj. High, steep, precipitous. Smooth, unwrinkled. Bold, shameless.
adv. Steeply, straight.

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