Ge-brycgian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-brycgian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: brycgian. ge-brycgian

Definitions

1 ge-brycgian

p. ode; pp. od. I. to bridge a road, cover with planks, stones, &c. , so as to make it passable :-- Wearð æteówod . . . án weg fram ðám húse þe hé on gewát . . . ástreht oð heofonan. Se weg wæs mid pællum gebricgod, Hml. Th. ii. 186, 34. II. to bridge a stream. [Wes Auene stram mid stele ibrugged, Laym. 21276.]

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᚱᚣᚳᚷᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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