Tó-brecan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - tó-brecan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- tó-brecan
- I. add: I a. to spread in patches :-- Swá ꝥ seó fáguncg wæs þǽre hýde tóbrocen geond eallne his líchaman swylce hé hreóf wǽre ita ut diffusa in corpore ejus varietas leprae morem imitari videretur, Gr. D. 158, 33. II c. add: to put an end to :-- Hí wépende him tó fótum luton, and cwǽdon, 'Help úre, la Hǽlend ... ádwǽsc ðás gebeót and ðás wópas tóbrec,' Shrn. 68, 10. IV. add :-- Micele sélre him wǽre þæt hé þone að tóbrǽce, Hml. Th. i. 484, 4. to-brecan