Tó-brítan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

tó-brítan

I. add: (1) to break to pieces a material object :-- Reód forþrést ne sý tó;brýd (conterendum), R. Ben. I. 108, 9. (2) to destroy a person or thing, bring to destruction :-- His setl on eorðan þú tóbrýttest sedem eius in terra collisisti, Ps. L. 88, 45. Tóbrýt nú þísne bréman here, Hml. S. 25, 629. Andweard þám árleásan mid ánrǽdum geleáfan ꝥ his wódnys swá wurðe tóbrút, Hml. S. 37, 78. (3) to crush with pain, hardship, &c. :-- Seó éstfulle heorte ne bið tóbrýt for nánum ungelimpum, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 28. Húmeta God geðafað ꝥ his gecorenan mid swá micclum wítum beón fornumene and tóbrýtte on ðisum andweardan lífe, i. 486, 20. to-britan