Ǽ-brǽce

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ǽ-brǽce

According to the Old English Dictionary:

(ǽw-, eáw-);

ǽ-brǽce
adj. Law-breaking. (1) sacrilegious, impious:--Gehýrde gé ðǽra deófla frófor on ðisum eáwbrǽcum ðe úre godas geyrsode ne ondrǽt? Hml. Th. i. 426, 20. (2) adulterous:--Ðæt se wer gewítnað on ǽwbrǽcum wífe, ðæt wrecð God on ǽwbrǽcum were, 378, 26. Eáwbrǽcum, ii. 322, 18. Be ðám ðe ǽwe brecað oððe ǽwbrǽce (adulteram) habbað, Ll. Th. ii. 180, 12. æ-bræce
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