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a-breóðan

  • verb [ weakstrong ]
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Grammar
a-breóðan, p. -breáþ, pl. -bruðon; pp. -broðen
Wright's OE grammar
§239; §494;
To unsettle, ruin, frustrate, degenerate, deteriorate; perdere, degenerare
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  • Hæleþ oft hyre hleór abreóðeþ

    a man often unsettles her cheek,

    • Exon. 90a; Th. 337, note 18
    • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 66
    • .
  • Abreóðe his angin

    he frustrated his enterprise,

    • Byrht. Th. 138, 59
    • ;
    • By. 242
    • .
  • abruðon ða ðe he toþohte

    they frustrated that which he had thought of,

    • Chr. 1004; Ing. 178, 1
    • .
  • Eálá ðú abroðene folc

    degener O populus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 8,10
    • .
  • Hic et hæc et hoc nugas

    ðæt is abroðen on Englisc

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Som. ii, 2
    • .
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