Hús-brice

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hús-brice

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: brecan, á-brecan. hus-brice

Definitions

1 hús-brice

m. Housebreaking, burglary :-- Húsbrice [-brec, MS. A.] and bærnet æfter woruldlage is bótleás housebreaking and arson are according to the secular law inexpiable, L. C. S. 65; Th. i. 410, 5. Cf. quedam non possunt emendari, que sunt husbreche, et bernet, L. H. 12, 1; Th. i. 522, 27 : 47; Th. i. 546, l0. [O. Frs. hús-breke : cf. Icel. hús-brot housebreaking, burglary : and O. H. Ger. hús-prehho prædator.]

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚢᛋ-ᛒᚱᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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