Griþ-bryce

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - griþ-bryce

According to the Old English Dictionary:

griþ-bryce
Add: I. a breach of 'griþ' :-- Griðbryce (De militum rapinis). Gif hwá on fyrde griðbryce fulwyrce, þolige lífes, Ll. Th. i. 408, 21. II. the fine for such breach, the revenue derived from such fines :-- Ic cýðe eów ꝥ ic hæbbe geunnen him ꝥ hé beó his saca and sócne wyrðe and griðbryces, Cht. E. 233, 3. Ic habbe gegeofen ... saca and sócna, ... griðbryce and scipbryce, C. D. imulctas pacis violatae), Ll. Th. i. 384, 6. [v. N. E. D. grith-breach.] griþ-bryce

Related words: 208, 23. On Dena lage cyning áh griðbryce (

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