Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-bróðor

Part of speech: -bróðer, -broacute;ðra, -bróðru, -bróðro Related words: bróðor. ge-broþor, ge-broðor

Definitions

1 definitions

1 ge-bróðor

brethren, used as the pl. of bróðor, bróðer for brothers collectively; fratres conjuncti :-- Begen ða gebróðor both the brethren, Andr. Kmbl. 2053; An. 1029: Ps. Th. 98, 6. Ic seah vi gebróðor I saw six brethren, Exon. 104 a; Th. 394, 12; Rä. 14, 2: 98 a; Th. 366, 12; Reb. 11. Ða gebróðer begen ætsamne the brothers both together, Chr. 937; Th. 206, 17, col. 1; Æðelst. 57. Wyt sind gebróðra we two are brethren; nos duo fratres sŭmus. Gen. 13, 8. Gé synt ealle gebrððru omnes vos fratres estis, Mt. Bos. 23, 8: Mk. Bos. 10, 29. Twegen ǽwe gebrððro duo germáni fratres, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 28. Be ðǽm gebrððrum twǽm by the two brethren, Beo. Th. 2387; B. 1191: Andr. Kmbl. 2027; An. 1016. [Laym, i-broðeren: O. Sax. gi-broðar: O. H. Ger. ga-pruoder: Ger. gebrüder.]

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᚱᚩᚦᚩᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German
O. Sax.: Old Saxon

Works & Authors

An.: Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.: Andreas (OE poem)
Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Beo.: Beowulf
Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Exon.: Exeter Book
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Mk.: Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

View All Sources