Wíte-bróga

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

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wíte-bróga

m. Penal horror, a horrid punishment or torment :--Ne mé weorce sind wítebrógan, ðe ðú tó mé beótast, Exon. Th. 250, 31; Jul. 135. Eal ðæt man ús foresegð embe helle wítebrógan (cf. Wende him God fro heuene riche into helle witerbrogen (hellewites brogen?), Chart. Th. 581, 3), Wulfst. 151, 24. Hé ðec sendeþ in ða sweartestan and ða wyrrestan wítebrógan, Elen. Kmbl. 1861; El. 932 : Cd. Th. 3, 33; Gen. 45. wite-broga