Ge-bryttan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-bryttan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-bryttan

p. te To break to pieces, crumble up :-- Gebrytte frico, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 75. Gif þá finde fisc on óþrum fisce innan, genim þone and gebrǽd swíþe, and gebryte on drincan and sele þám seócan drincan, Lch. ii. 90, 10. Heorotes lungena ... þonne hié ful wel ádrúgode synd, gebryte and gegníd, and gesomna mid hunige, 216, 9. [Some of the passages given under ge-brítan might belong here.] ge-bryttan

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᚱᚣᛏᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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