Ge-bregdan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-bregdan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: brægden.] v. gebredan. ge-bregdan

Definitions

1 ge-bregdan

p. -brægd , pl. -brugdon; pp. -brogden [ge-, bregdan to vibrate, draw]. I. to draw, unsheath; stringĕre, exĭmĕre :-- He hringmǽl gebrægd he drew the ringed sword, Beo. Th. 3133; B. 1564. He gebrægd his sweord exēmit gladium suum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 51. II. to feign, pretend :-- Se ðe ða gebregdnan dómas démde he who hath judged false judgments, Blickl. Homl. 99, 32. [

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᚱᛖᚷᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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