Be-brecan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-brecan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: he, heó -briceþ, -bricþ; Related words:

Definitions

1 be-brecan

p. -bræc, pl. -brǽcon ; pp. -brocen To break off deprive by breaking, to break to pieces, consume; carpendo spoliare, confringere, consumere :-- Beám heó abreóteþ and bebriceþ telgum it crusheth the tree and deprives it of its twigs, Salm. Kmbl. 592; Sal. 295. Bebrocene wǽron ealle hyra hláfas consumpti erant omnes eorum panes, Gr. Dial. 2, 21. be-brecan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛒᚱᛖᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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