Ge-bridlian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-bridlian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -bridligan; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-bridlian

p. ode; pp. od [ge-, bridlian to bridle] To bridle, restrain; frēnāre :-- He ða gesceafta nú gebridlod [MS. gebridlode] hæfþ he has now bridled the creatures, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 32. Ðæt hí hira mód gebridligen that they bridle their mind, Past. 33, 1; Swt. 215, 7; Hat. MS. 41 a, 8. ge-bridlian

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ᚷᛖ-ᛒᚱᛁᛞᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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