For-brittan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Sächsisches Altenglisches Wörterbuch - for-brittan
Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:
- for-brittan
- p. -britte; pp. -britted, -britt To break in pieces, smash, bruise; confringĕre, contĕrĕre:-- God forbriteþ téþ heora on múþe heora Deus contĕrĕt dentes eōrum in ōre ipsōrum, Ps. Spl. 57, 6. Hú he forbritte ealle his bígengan quōmŏdo contrīvĕrit omnes cultōres ejus, Deut. 4, 3. Beóþ ǽlce uncysta forbritte [MS. forbricte] all vices shall be crushed, L. E. I. 2; Th. ii. 404, 5.