BREÓTAN

Old English Dictionary Entry

BREÓTAN

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: ic breóte, ðú breótest, breótst, brýtest, brýtst, he breóteþ, breót, brýteþ, brýt, Related words: a. To bruise, break, demolish, destroy;

Definitions

1 BREÓTAN

pl. breótaþ; p. ic, he breát, ðú brute, pl. bruton; pp. broten; conterere :-- Hergas breótaþ break idols. Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 26; Cri. 485. Heremód breát bolgen-mód eaxlgesteallan Heremod in angry mood destroyed his bosom friends, Beo. Th. 3430; B. 1713. [O. H. Ger. bretón cædere: Dan. bryde: Swed. bryta: Icel. brjóta.] DER. a-breótan.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᛖᚩᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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