Hád-breca

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hád-breca

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 hád-breca

m. A violator of holy orders; sacri ordinis violator :-- Hád-brécan violators of holy orders, L. C. S. 6; Th. i. 380, 2 : Lupi Serin. i. 19; Hick. Thes. ii. 105, 3; Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 178. had-breca

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚪᛞ-ᛒᚱᛖᚳᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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