Bí-breád

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bí-breád

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: beó-breád I. bi-bread

Definitions

1 bí-breád

n. Bee-bread; apium panis :-- Þynceþ bíbreád swétre, gif he ǽr bitres onbyrgeþ bee-bread seemeth sweeter, if he before has a taste of bitter, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 17; Met. 12, 9.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁ-ᛒᚱᛖᚪᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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