Bret

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bret

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: bredan

Definitions

1 bret

varies, changes; 3rd pres. of bredan :-- Hǽðen cild biþ gefullod, ac hit ne bret ná his hiw wiðútan, ðeáh ðe hit beó wiðinnan awend a heathen child is baptized, but it varies not its aspect without, although it be changed within, Homl. Th. ii. 268, 30. II. bret-,bret

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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