For-brittan, for-bryttan

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For-brittan, for-bryttan

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1 for-brittan, for-bryttan

Take the passages under these under for-brítan, and add: -- Forbrýt, tóbrecþ conterat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 5. Forbrýte diruet, i. diuidet, Germ. 398, 144. (1) with a material object :-- Dryhten forbrycð and forbrýt þá myclan cedertreówu confringet Dominus cedros Libani, Ps. Th. 28, 5. Ne forbrýte hé ná þæt tócnysede hreód, R. Ben. 121, 5. (2) to crush, destroy a person :-- Hé bið forbrét conteretur, Kent. Gl. 147. for-bryttan,for-brittan

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛒᚱᛁᛏᛏᚪᚾ, ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛒᚱᚣᛏᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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