ǽ-brǽce

Old English Dictionary Entry

ǽ-brǽce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (ǽw-, eáw-); Related words:

Definitions

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

Runic Inscription

ǽ-ᛒᚱǽᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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