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Old English Dictionary Entry

Brītan

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Definitions

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1 brītan

p. te To pound, bruise, crush :-- Gif dū hyre blōsdman brȳtest, hē hæfd swæc swylce ellen, Lch. i. 104, 20. Þæt hig grundon on cwyrne odde brītton populus illud frangebat mola sive terebat in mortario, Num. ll, 8. Genim wyrte leáf and brȳt hȳ, Lch. i. 72, 4. Genim hȳ (garclive) drīge and dype on wearmum wætere, swā þū eáþelīcost hȳ brȳtan mæge, 130, 6. Brȳtende friens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 38 : 150, 74.
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᛁᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

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Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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