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Old English Dictionary Entry

For-brittan

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1 for-brittan

p. -britte; pp. -britted, -britt To break in pieces, smash, bruise; confringĕre, contĕrĕre:-- God forbriteþ téþ heora on múþe heora Deus contĕrĕt dentes eōrum in ōre ipsōrum, Ps. Spl. 57, 6. Hú he forbritte ealle his bígengan quōmŏdo contrīvĕrit omnes cultōres ejus, Deut. 4, 3. Beóþ ǽlce uncysta forbritte [MS. forbricte] all vices shall be crushed, L. E. I. 2; Th. ii. 404, 5.
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Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛒᚱᛁᛏᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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