For-brittan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - for-brittan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- for-brittan
- p. -britte; pp. -britted, -britt To break in pieces, smash, bruise; confringĕre, contĕrĕre:-- God forbriteþ téþ heora on múþe heora Deus contĕrĕt dentes eōrum in ōre ipsōrum, Ps. Spl. 57, 6. Hú he forbritte ealle his bígengan quōmŏdo contrīvĕrit omnes cultōres ejus, Deut. 4, 3. Beóþ ǽlce uncysta forbritte [MS. forbricte] all vices shall be crushed, L. E. I. 2; Th. ii. 404, 5.