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brócian

  • verb [ weak ]
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brócian, part, brócigende; ic brócie, ðú brócast, he brócaþ, pl. bróciaþ; p. ode; pp. ge-brócod; v. a. [bróc affliction]
To oppress, vex, afflict, break up, injure, blame; opprimere, vexare, affligere, confringere, nocere, accusare
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  • Ic beóde ðæt hý nán man ne brócie

    I command that no man oppress them,

      Th. Diplm. A.D. 880-885; 492, 10.

  • Ða manigfealdan yrmþa ða wérigan burh brócigende wǽron

    manifold miseries afflicted [lit. were afflicting] the weary city,

      Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 42, 36.

  • Ða gebétan ðe hí bróciaþ

    to amend those whom they afflict,

      Bt. 39, 11; Fox 230, 8.

  • Se synfulla biý gebrócod for his unrihtwísnysse

    the sinful is afflicted for his unrighteousness,

      Homl. Th. i. 472, 3: 474, 19.

  • Ðæt gebrócode flǽsc gelǽrþ ðæt upahæfene mód

    the afflicted flesh teaches the proud mind,

      Past. 36, 7; Hat. MS. 48 a, 22.

  • We for úrum synnum gebrócode beóþ

    we are afflicted for our sins,

      Homl. Th. i. 476, 19.

  • Næfde se here Angelcyn gebrócod

    the army had not broken up the English race,

      Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 30.

  • Hí gefeóllon of ánre upflóran and sume swíde gebrócode wǽron

    they fell from an upper floor and some were much injured,

      978; Erl. 127, 12.

  • Gif ðé mon brócie for rihtre scylde, geþola hit wel

    if a man blame thee for a just cause, bear it well,

      Prov. Kmbl. 45.
Derived forms
DER. wiðer-brócian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “brócian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/5188.

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