Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-brec

Part of speech: -bræc, es;

Definitions

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1 ge-brec

n. [ge-, brec a breaking, crash] A breaking, crashing, clamour, noise; fractio, frăgor, strĕpĭtus :-- Se dæg biþ dæg gebreces the day will be a day of clamour, Past. 35, 5; Swt. 245, 5; Hat. MS. 46 a, 17. He gehýrde ðæt gebrec ðara storma audīto frăgōre procellārum, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 3. Gebrecu feraþ ofer dreohtum [MS. dreontum] the crashes go over multitudes, Exon. 102 a; Th. 385, 14; Rä. 4, 44. Se biþ gebreca hlúdast that is loudest of crashes, 102 a; Th. 385, 6; Rä. 4, 40. ge-brec

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᚱᛖᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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