Ge-brócod

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-brócod

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -brócad, -bróced, -brócud [or -brocod ?]; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-brócod

part. p. [ge-, brðcod; pp. of brócian to oppress, vex] Afflicted, broken up, injured; afflictus, confractus :-- Gif se synfulla biþ gebrócod if the sinful be afflicted, Homl. Th. i. 472, 3: 474, 19. Næfde se here Angelcyn ealles forswíðe gebrócod the army had not all too much afflicted the English race, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 30. Surne gebrócode wǽron some were injured, 978; Erl. 127, 12: Homl. Th. i. 476, 19. Ða óðre gebrócade aweg cómon the others came away afflicted, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 78, 1. Hie wǽron gebrócede they were afflicted, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 30. We ealle on hǽðenum folce gebrócude wǽron we were all afflicted by the heathen folk, Cod. Dipl. 314; A. D. 880-885; Kmbl. ii. 113, 16. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ga-brochón confringere.] ge-brocod

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᚱᚩᚳᚩᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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