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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
brǒun
adj.
114 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Dark, dull; of the human body: black-and-blue [quot.: a1425]; (b) cheerless, frowning, gloomy; (c) with names of colors: dark, deep; ?also, mixed with brown, brownish;
broun bai
, dark bay;
broun
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brīn
n. (plural)
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(a) Eyebrows, or the ridges of the eyebrows; (b) eyelid(s).
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