Old English Dictionary Entry

Bréd-hláf

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 bréd-hláf

m. [brǽdan to roast, hláf bread] A biscuit, parched or baked bread; paximatium = παξαμάδιoν, panis torrefactus :-- Brádhláf paximatium, Wrt. Voc. 288, 66. bred-hlaf

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᛖᛞ-ᚻᛚᚪᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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