Brōc

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

brōc

affliction, l. broc, and add: I. labour, laborious effort :-- Hē mihte būtan broce ealra Cartaina anweald begitan, Ors. 4, 5 ; B. 83, 13. Mid ūtancumenum brocum gelǣred exterioribus studiis eruditus, Gr. D. 180, 10. II. misery, affliction, trouble :-- Swā gemune men wǣron ǣlces broces, Ors. l, 10 ; 8. 48, 12. Hwylc broc and hwylc sār (laborem et dolorem) wē þoliad, Ps. Th. 9, 34. Ic ādreáh mycel broc mid Petre I have suffered much annoyance from Peter, Bl. H. 175, 12. Ðeáh hine dā brocu getȳn and gelǣren nam adversitatis magisterio sub disciplina cor premitur, Past. 35, 12. Eówre brocu nū lǣssan sindon þonne heora þā wǣre, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 120, ii. 14, 8. Ealle þā sār and þā brocu þe se man tō gesceapen is, Bl. H. 59, 33. III. disease, bodily trouble or hurt :-- Ǣlc broc cymd of deófle and nān bōt . . . hē sent on unwære menn oddon on heora yrfe sum swīdlic brocc . . . byd þæt brocc līdre, Wlfst. ll, 15-12, 5. Þæt broc þæt hē āræfnode, Gr. D. 22, 5. Ansund eallum limum fram þām egeslican broce (paralysis). Hml. S. 26, 218. On his broke hē Gode fela behǣsa behēt, Chr. 1093; P. 227, 22.

Parole correlate: scip-, weorold-broc. broc