Bróh-þreá

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - bróh-þreá

According to the Old English Dictionary:

bróh-þreá
m. f. n. indecl. but in dat. and inst. pl. [bróh = bróg terror, þreá calamitas] Terrific calamity; calamitas terroris plena :-- Ðæt bróhþreá Cananéa wearþ cynne getenge the terrific calamity was grievous to the Canaanites' race, Cd. 86; Th. 108, 29; Gen. 1813.

Related words: þreá. broh-þrea

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