Ǽ-breca

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

(ǽw-breca, q. v.

ǽ-breca
in Dict.), an; m. An adulterer; of a man in orders, one who does not observe celibacy:--Se man ðe his rihtǽwe forlǽt and óðer wíf nimð, hé bið ǽwbreca (adulter), Ll. Th. ii. 184, 22. Ðá ǽwbrecan ðe þurh heálicne hád ciricǽwe underféngan, and syððan ðæt ábrǽcan, 334, 14. Ǽwbrecan and ðá fúlan forlegenan, Wlfst. 26, 15.

Related words: ǽ-bryce. æ-breca

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