Ge-brosnian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-brosnian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: un-ge-brosnod. ge-brosnian

Definitions

1 ge-brosnian

p. ode; pp. od To decay, become corrupt; of places, to become ruinous. Take here ge-brosnod in Dict., and odd: (1) in a physical sense :-- Ðú ne geðafast þæt mín líchama gebrosnige (nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem, Ps. 16, 10), Hml. Th. ii. 16, 27. Ðonne ðín flǽe; gebrosnod, Past. 249, 14: 251, 9. Míewíc syndon gebrosnode and gemolsnode, Bl. H. 113, 26. (2) in a moral sense :-- Þ énas þá on nánre flǽscbesmitennyse beóð gebrosnude ministros qui in nullo carnis contagio corrumpantur, Scint. 69, 11.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᚱᚩᛋᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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