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Old English Dictionary Entry

ǽ-brǽce

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1 ǽ-brǽce

adj. Law-breaking. (1) sacrilegious, impious:--Gehýrde gé ðǽra deófla frófor on ðisum eáwbrǽcum ðe úre godas geyrsode ne ondrǽt? Hml. Th. i. 426, 20. (2) adulterous:--Ðæt se wer gewítnað on ǽwbrǽcum wífe, ðæt wrecð God on ǽwbrǽcum were, 378, 26. Eáwbrǽcum, ii. 322, 18. Be ðám ðe ǽwe brecað oððe ǽwbrǽce (adulteram) habbað, Ll. Th. ii. 180, 12. æ-bræce
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ǽ-ᛒᚱǽᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Ll.
Laws of the Anglo-Saxons
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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