[botm], st. m., bottom: dat. sg. tô botme (here of the bottom of the fen-lake), [1507].
[bôt] , st. f.: 1) relief, remedy: nom. sg., [281]; acc. sg. bôte, [935]; acc. sg. bôte, [910].—2) a performance in expiation, a giving satisfaction, tribute: gen. sg. bôte, [158].
[brand, brond], st. m.: 1) burning, fire: nom. sg. þâ sceal brond fretan (the burning of the body), [3015]; instr. sg. by hine ne môston ... bronde forbärnan (could not bestow upon him the solemn burning), [2127]; häfde landwara lîge befangen, bæle and bronde, with glow, fire, and flame, [2323].—2) in the passage, þät hine nô brond ne beadomêcas bîtan ne meahton, [1455], brond has been translated sword, brand (after the O.N. brand-r). The meaning fire may be justified as well, if we consider that the old helmets were generally made of leather, and only the principal parts were mounted with bronze. The poet wishes here to emphasize the fact that the helmet was made entirely of metal, a thing which was very unusual.—3) in the passage, forgeaf þâ Beówulfe brand Healfdenes segen gyldenne, [1021], our text, with other editions, has emendated, bearn, since brand, if it be intended as a designation of Hrôðgâr (perhaps son), has not up to this time been found in this sense in A.-S.
[brant, bront], adj., raging, foaming, going-high, of ships and of waves: acc. sg. brontne, [238], [568].
[brâd], adj.: 1) extended, wide: nom. pl. brâde rîce, [2208].—2) broad: nom. sg. heáh and brâd (of Beówulf's grave-mound), [3159]; acc. sg. brâdne mêce, [2979]; (seax) brâd [and] brûnecg, the broad, short sword with bright edge, [1547].—3) massive, in abundance. acc, sg. brâd gold, [3106].
ge-[bräc], st. n., noise, crash: acc. sg. borda gebräc, [2260].
geond-[brædan], w. v., to spread over, to cover entirely: pret. part. geond-bræded, [1240].
[brecan], st. v.: 1) to break, to break to pieces: pret. bânhringas bräc, (the sword) broke the joints, [1568]. In a moral sense: pret. subj. þät þær ænig mon wære ne bræce, that no one should break the agreement, [1101]; pret. part. þonne bióð brocene ... âð-sweord eorla, then are the oaths of the men broken, [2064].—2) probably also simply to break in upon something, to press upon, w. acc.: pret. sg. sædeór monig hildetuxum heresyrcan bräc, many a sea-animal pressed with his battle-teeth upon the shirt of mail (did not break it, for, according to [1549] f., [1553] f., it was still unharmed). [1512].—3) to break out, to spring out: inf. geseah ... streám ût brecan of beorge, saw a stream break out from the rocks, [2547]; lêt se hearda Higelâces þegn brâdne mêce ... brecan ofer bordweal, caused the broadsword to spring out over the wall of shields, [2981].—4) figuratively, to vex, not to let rest: pret. hine fyrwyt bräc, curiosity tormented (N.H.G. brachte die Neugier um), [232], [1986], [2785].
ge-[brecan], to break to pieces: pret. bânhûs gebräc, broke in pieces his body (Beówulf in combat with Däghrefn), [2509].
tô-[brecan], to break in pieces: inf., [781]; pret. part. tô-brocen, [998].