Hád-brice

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hád-brice

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -bryce, es; Related words: 25; Th. i. 310, 18 : Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 148. had-brice

Definitions

1 hád-brice

m. [hád II. holy orders in the church; brice a violation, breach] An injury done to persons in holy orders, a violation of holy orders; ordinis infractura, sacri ordinis violatio :-- Gif hwá hádbryce gewyrce, gebéte ðæt be hádes mǽðe if any one do an injury to a person in holy orders, let him make amends for it according to the degree of the order, L, C. S. 50; Th. i. 404, 16. On hádbricum [MS. hádbrican] in breaches of holy orders, L. Eth. vi. 28; Th. i. 322, 19 :

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚪᛞ-ᛒᚱᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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