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ge-brecan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-brecan, he -breceþ, -bryceþ; p. -bræc, ðú -brǽce , pl. -brǽcon; pp. -brocen; v. trans, [ge-, brecan to break]
To break, bruise, crush, destroy, shatter, waste; frangĕre, confringĕre, contrībulāre, contĕrĕre, conquassāre, attĕrĕre
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  • Ealra fyrenfulra fyhtehornas ic bealdlíce gebrece snióme

    omnia cornua peccātōrum confringam.

    • Ps. Th. 74, 9
    • .
  • Heáfod he gebreceþ hæleða mæniges

    conquassábit căpĭta multa,

    • 109, 7
    • .
  • Se snáw gebryceþ burga geatu

    the snow destroys the gates of towns,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 613
    • ;
    • Sal. 306
    • .
  • Ðú gebrǽce ðæt dracan heáfod deópe wætere

    tu contrībŭlasti căpĭta drăcōnum super ăquas,

    • Ps. Th. 73, 13
    • .
  • He him on fæðm gebræc

    he crushed them into his grasp, i. e. subdued them,

    • Cd. 4; Th. 4, 32
    • ;
    • Gen. 62: 97; Th. 127, 15
    • ;
    • Gen. 2111
    • :
    • Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 2
    • .
  • He ða mǽgþe mid grimme wæle and herge gebræc

    provinciam illam sæva cæde ac depopŭlātiōne attrīvit,

    • 4, 15; S. 583, 26, MS. C.
  • Se þuma gebrocen wæs

    the thumb was broken,

    • 5, 6; S. 619, 24
    • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2944
    • ;
    • An. 1475
    • .
Etymology
[
Goth. ga-brikan
:
O. H. Ger. ga-brechan
.]
Linked entries
v.  ge-bræc ge-brocen ge-bryceþ.
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